Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by sampling year and in total (2000–2021).

From: Analysis of 18 mercapturic acids in urine samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank—tackling the data gap in the human biomonitoring of VOCs in Europe

Year of sampling

N (m/f)

Age [years] mean

BMI [kg/m2] mean

Creatinine concentration [g/dL] mean

24-h urine volume [mL] mean

(min-max)

(min-max)

(min-max)

(min-max)

2000

60 (30/30)

24.4

22.6

102

1665

(20–29)

(15.4–30.5)

(30.6–203)

(800–4300)

2005

60 (30/30)

23.7

21.7

86.8

1906

(20–28)

(17.0–27.0)

(18.9–241)

(721–3330)

2010

60 (30/30)

23.3

22.3

82.5

1927

(20–28)

(18.0–29.3)

(27.1–219)

(790–3034)

2015

60 (30/30)

23.0

21.8

73.4

1937

(20–28)

(16.6–27.1)

(21.6–220)

(560–2960)

2019

60 (30/30)

23.0

22.7

79.8

2018

(20–28)

(18.0–34.6)

(19.9–223)

(738–3068)

2021

60 (30/30)

23.0

21.7

70.7

2142

(20–28)

(16.9–27.8)

(26.2–171)

(1042–4918)

2000–2021

360 (180/180)

23.4

22.2

84.6

1932

(20–29)

(15.4–34.6)

(18.9–241)

(560–4918)