Research Article

Gastrointestinal Elimination of Perfluorinated Compounds Using Cholestyramine and Chlorella pyrenoidosa

Table 4

NHANES serum levels—all ages—2009 to 2010 [2]. 2,094 total subjects including 1,041 females and 1,053 males; all levels in µg/L, which are approximately equal to ng/g.

PFHxSPFOSPFOAPFNA
FemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMale

Geometric mean1.722.1718.423.23.504.470.8611.09
50% percentile1.602.1018.223.93.604.600.9001.10
75% percentile2.903.4027.432.25.206.301.301.60
90% percentile5.806.1039.845.37.108.402.202.40
95% percentile8.208.5046.662.78.6010.73.004.00