Appendix: Detailed Results
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Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers: Appendix: Detailed Results
September 4, 2008
| Children (N=20) | |||||
| Congener | median ng/g lipid | median pmol/g lw | min ng/g lipid | max ng/g lipid | percent quantified |
| BDE-28 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 100% |
| BDE-47 | 30.6 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 65.4 | 100% |
| BDE-85 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ND | 2.2 | 75% |
| BDE-99 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 15.5 | 100% |
| BDE-100 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 13.6 | 100% |
| BDE-138 | ND | ND | ND | 0.3 | 35% |
| BDE-153 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 31.9 | 100% |
| BDE-154/BB-153 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 38.0 | 100% |
| BDE-183 | ND | ND | ND | 1.7 | 30% |
| BDE-197 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 100% |
| BDE-209 | 1.7 | 1.7 | ND | 18.8 | 65% |
| Sum of 10 congeners# | 69.3 | 39.0 | 24.5 | 114.5 | 100% |
| Mothers (N=20) | |||||
| Congener | median ng/g lipid | median pmol/g lw | min ng/g lipid | max ng/g lipid | percent quantified |
| BDE-28 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 100% |
| BDE-47 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 39.9 | 100% |
| BDE-85 | ND | ND | ND | 0.4 | 10% |
| BDE-99 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 100% |
| BDE-100 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 100% |
| BDE-138 | ND | ND | ND | 0.5 | 5% |
| BDE-153 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 32.5 | 100% |
| BDE-154/BB-153 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 41.3 | 100% |
| BDE-183 | ND | ND | ND | 0.5 | 25% |
| BDE-197 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 100% |
| BDE-209 | ND | ND | ND | 3.2 | 45% |
| Sum of 10 congeners# | 18.2 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 73.8 | 100% |
Congeners not detected in any sample: BDE-17, BDE-66, BDE-71, BDE-196, BDE-201, BDE-203, BDE-206, BDE-207, BDE-208
# BDE-154 was not included in the summary value due to co-elution with PBB-153.