Table 1 Mean blood concentrations pg/mL (95 % CI) of 11 chemicals (6 PCBs together) in 200 Finnish and Russian children and mothers
From: Common environmental chemicals do not explain atopy contrast in the Finnish and Russian Karelia
FIN children | RUS children | FIN mothers | RUS mothers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HCB | 52.4 (42.4–62.3) | 177.2 (150.6–203.7) | 72.1 (61.6–82.6) | 275.1 (225.3–324.9) |
β-HCH | 16.7 (6.65–26.7) | 191.6 (151.4–231.9) | 23.4 (18.6–28.3) | 482.2 (329.2–635.3) |
DDT | 15.1 (10.8–19.5) | 149.1 (121.2–176.9) | 20.1 (15.3–24.9) | 180.5 (145.5–215.4) |
DDE | 211.5 (130.8–292.2) | 1294.6 (1111.3–1477.9) | 424.3 (273.1–575.5) | 2593.2 (2003.5–3182.9) |
BDE47 | 19.0 (10.9–27.2) | 3.5 (2.5–4.5) | 17.8 (4.14–31.4) | 4.1 (2.7–5.4) |
PCBs | 264.2 (194.6–333.8) | 582.7 (495.5–669.9) | 593.5 (501.5–685.6) | 1241.6 (1037.8–1445.3) |