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Table 1 Dioxin concentrations in maternal breast milk stratified by child’s sex

From: Sex-specific effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on eating behavior in 3-year-old Vietnamese children

  

Samples with

Boys

Girls

 

LOD

below LOD

(N = 106)

(N = 79)

 

(ppt)

N (%)

Median

GM

GSD

Median

GM

GSD

PCDD congeners (pg/g lipid)

 2,3,7,8-TetraCDD

0.004

11 (5.9)

1.5

1.3

2.1

1.7

1.4

2.6

 1,2,3,7,8-PentaCDD

0.011

0

4.2

4.3

1.6

4.5

4.1

1.7

 1,2,3,4,7,8-HexaCDD

0.004

0

2.2

2.3

1.6

2.4

2.3

1.7

 1,2,3,6,7,8-HexaCDD

0.01

0

8.3

8.2

1.6

8.4

8.2

1.8

 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexaCDD

0.008

0

2.5

2.6

1.6

2.7

2.7

1.7

 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HeptaCDD

0.008

0

12.1

12.0

1.5

11.4

12.1

1.6

 OctaCDD

0.008

0

63.9

67.7

1.5

68.1

67.7

1.6

PCDF congeners (pg/g lipid)

 2,3,7,8-TetraCDF

0.005

13 (7.0)

0.5

0.5

2.0

0.6

0.5

2.2

 1,2,3,7,8-PentaCDF

0.006

0

1.2

1.2

1.7

1.3

1.2

2.1

 2,3,4,7,8-PentaCDF

0.01

0

7.2

7.1

1.5

8.1

7.2

1.7

 1,2,3,4,7,8-HexaCDF

0.008

0

16.5

16.7

1.6

19.9

18.0

1.9

 1,2,3,6,7,8-HexaCDF

0.003

0

10.8

10.2

1.6

12.0

11.1

1.9

 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexaCDF

0.004

12 (13.5)

0.2

0.2

2.2

0.3

0.3

2.7

 2,3,4,6,7,8-HexaCDF

0.006

0

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.9

 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HeptaCDF

0.01

0

10.8

11.6

1.6

13.5

12.9

2.0

 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HeptaCDF

0.004

3 (1.6)

1.2

1.1

1.9

1.6

1.2

2.7

 OctaCDF

0.013

47 (25.4)

0.5

0.6

2.4

0.5

0.6

2.6

TEQs (pg-TEQ/g lipid)

 TEQ-PCDDs

  

7.4

7.3

1.6

8.0

7.3

1.8

 TEQ-PCDFs

  

5.2

5.3

1.5

5.7

5.6

1.8

 TEQ-PCDDs/Fs

  

12.5

12.6

1.5

14.2

13.0

1.7

  1. CDD chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, CDF chlorinated dibenzofuran, GM geometrical mean, GSD geometrical standard deviation, LOD limit of detection, PCDD polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, PCDF polychlorinated dibenzofuran, ppt parts per trillion, TEQ toxic equivalency
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