Persistent Organic Pollutants in Serum and Several Different Fat Compartments in Humans

Table 2

PCBs in various fat compartments (ppb wet weight) (— indicates values below the limit of detection).

	105	118	137	138	153	170	180	183	Total
GK
Serum	—	—	—	—	0.6	0.4	0.6	—	1.6
Subcutaneous	—	—	—	21.5	39.1	18.8	32.1	—	111.5
Visceral
Mesenteric	—	—	—	—	—	24.5	35.3	—	59.8
Omental	—	—	—	—	—	21.5	33.5	—	55
Falciform ligament	—	—	—	—	—	17.8	26.8	—	44.6
Retroperitoneal	—	—	—	—	—	22	42.9	—	64.9
ML
Serum					tr
Subcutaneous	—	11.7	—	19.1	43.2	11.7	23.0	—	108.7
Visceral	—	Trace	—	19.7	50.6	Trace	—	—	94.4
Retroperitoneal	—	Trace	—	Trace	21.4	—	—	—	32.6
Gerota's	—	Trace	—	—	34.1	Trace	—	—	34.1
HM
Serum	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	—	0.4
Subcutaneous	—	20.9	—	18.5	—	28	56.7	—	124.1
Peloic	—	44.4	—	19.6	67.6	23.5	—	—	155.1
MS
Serum	—	—	—	—	0.37	—	0.33	—	0.7
Subcutaneous	—	30.9	—	16.4	32.7	12.6	22.3	—	114.9
Visceral-mesenteric	—	56.4	—	42.3	92.1	39.2	60.1	17.4	317.5
AS
Serum	—	0.3	—	0.4	0.7	—	0.4	—	1.8
Subcutaneous	—	21.7	—	31.7	50.2	18	35.2	—	156.8
Visceral	—	—	—	24.2	—	13.7	27.8	—	65.7
GO
Serum	—	—	—	—	0.4	—	0.3	—	0.7
Subcutaneous	—	—	—	—	—	25	43.7	—	68.7
Visceral	—	—	—	—	—	28.7	45.3	—	74
Retroperitoneal (Perirenal)	—	—	—	—	—	27.9	42.7	—	70.6
JT
Serum	—	0.6	—	1	1.4	0.4	0.8	—	4.2
Subcutaneous	13.9	—	12.3	84.8	158	38.3	75.9	18.8	402.3
Visceral
Mesenteric	—	—	—	—	—	35.1	80.7	—	115.8
Omental	—	—	—	—	—	39.8	89.7	—	129.5
Retroperitoneal (Gerota's)	—	—	—	—	—	30.9	68.7	—	99.6
Tumor (kidney)	—	—	—	—	19.2	—	—	—	19.2