Table 2 Descriptive statistics of 4-hydroxychlorothalonil (HCT) serum concentrations (µg/L) in 1808 pregnant Swedish women and in 393 women from Costa Rica.

From: Detection of the fungicide transformation product 4-hydroxychlorothalonil in serum of pregnant women from Sweden and Costa Rica

Sweden (n = 1806)

Year

N

Median (IQR)

P05–P95

Range I

1997

5

3.7 (2.9–3.7)

2.5–3.8

2.4–3.8

1998

31

3.5 (2.1–4.4)

1.8–5.9

0.88–10

1999

38

3.7 (2.4–4.5)

1.3–6

1.1–6.4

2000

40

3.2 (2.1–4.6)

1.4–6.7

1.1–11

2001

77

3.7 (2.6–4.9)

1.6–9

0.99–14

2002

84

3.8 (3.1–4.5)

2.1–7.9

1.9–21

2003

145

4.3 (3.2–5.6)

1.8–7.5

1.2–10

2004

111

4.5 (3.2–5.7)

1.5–8.3

0.72–14

2005

137

4.6 (3.3–6.6)

1.8–11

0.17–19

2006

151

4.5 (3.4–6.5)

1.9–8.7

0.97–14

2007

153

5.2 (3.9–6.8)

2.9–10

0.87–21

2008

188

4.7 (2.8–7.3)

1.4–12

0.28–17

2009

189

3.6 (2.4–5.4)

1.4–10

0.62–38

2010

160

3.7 (2.5–5.2)

1.3–8

0.42–18

2011

142

3.4 (2.6–5.1)

1.6–8.2

0.27–14

2012

88

3.7 (2.7–5)

1.8–7.7

1.2–16

2013

62

4.3 (2.9–5.5)

1.7–8.2

0.58–11

2014

5

4.8 (3.2–5.6)

2.1–8.3

1.8–9.0

2015

2

5.3 (4.1–6.6)

3.1–7.5

2.9–7.8

Costa Rica (n = 393)

2010–2011

393 (visit 1)

16.1 (10.6–25.0)

4.9–42.8

0.50–136

2010–2011

239 (visit 2)

15.2 (10–23.1)

6.6–34.2

2.0–97.1