Table 4 Summary of free and total DON and it’s metabolites in 151 urine samples.

From: Risk assessment of deoxynivalenol in high-risk area of China by human biomonitoring using an improved high throughput UPLC-MS/MS method

Compound

Positive n (%)

Mean (±SD) (ng mL−1)

Median (ng mL−1)

Range (ng mL−1)

fDON

140 (92.7)

8.25 (±8.74)

5.48

ND–47.0

tDON

151 (100)

47.6 (±49.2)

32.5

1.36–247

fDOM-1

3 (2.0)

0.052 (±0.015)

0.05

ND–0.23

tDOM-1

46 (30.5)

0.28 (±0.79)

0.05

ND–6.43

  1. ND, level below LOD; positive samples refer to the levels higher than LOD.
  2. When calculating the mean and median values, level below LOQ was set to half of the LOQ, and level below LOD was set to half of the LOD.
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