Chemical Group
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
Chemical Name
Project Name
Measuring Analytes in Maternal Archived Samples (MAMAS) – MAMAS 2
Units
ng/g lipid
Measured in
Serum
Study Group Subset
Geometric mean (95% Confidence Interval)
*
95% Confidence Interval lower
*
95% Confidence Interval upper
*
25th
<LOD
50th
6.68
75th
11.3
95th
25.2
Number of people tested
245.00
Detection Frequency
58.4%
Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
0.0320 ng/mL
Indicates Exposure to
BDE 153
Footnote
*Geometric mean was not calculated because the chemical was found in less than 65% of the study group.
Weighted - Unweighted