Table 2 Baseline serum PFOA concentrations for Hoosick Falls participants, by 10-year sex and age groupsa.

From: Perfluorooctanoic acid serum concentrations and half-lives in a community exposed to contaminated drinking water in New York State

 

PFOA (ppb)

 

N

GM (95% CI)

P50

Males

 0–9

84

30.2 (25.2, 36.2)

31.4

 10–19

90

26.4 (22.2, 31.3)

30.3

 20–29

65

30.9 (24.5, 38.9)

35.2

 30–39

79

35.3 (27.8, 44.7)

40.5

 40–49

86

43.5 (34.2, 55.2)

51.7

 50–59

115

72.8 (61.6, 86.1)

86.8

 60–69

121

62.1 (51.2, 75.4)

82.4

 70+

59

70.7 (51.3, 97.4)

79.2

Females

 0–9

74

26.6 (21.0, 33.6)

34.6

 10–19

115

25.4 (22.4, 28.9)

28.2

 20–29

78

18.6 (14.8, 23.3)

23.9

 30–39

114

28.5 (23.5, 34.6)

29.6

 40–49

100

36.8 (29.7, 45.4)

42.5

 50–59

180

56.1 (48.8, 64.5)

64.3

 60–69

128

75.5 (64.2, 88.8)

88.0

 70+

85

74.2 (58.0, 94.8)

91.0

  1. Source: NYSDOH Biomonitoring Program.
  2. GM Geometric mean, CI Confidence interval, P50 50th percentile, P95 95th percentile.
  3. aHoosick Falls samples collected February–November 2016.
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