Dietary Predictors and Plasma Concentrations of Perfluorinated Compounds in a Coastal Population from Northern Norway

Table 2

PFC concentrations (ng/mL) in the study group.

Concentration (ng/mL plasma)	Total 𝑛=56					Men 𝑛=15			Women 𝑛=41
	Median	AM	Range	LOD	%>LOD	Median	AM	Range	Median	AM	Range
PFOSA	0.08	0.11	<LOD–0.7	0.03	79	0.11	0.11	<LOD–0.35	0.08	0.10	<LOD–0.71
PFHxS	1.1	1.8	0.40–13	0.07	100	1.8	3.5	0.95–13	0.8	1.2	0.40–3.8
PFHpS	0.46	0.57	<LOD–1.9	0.13	96	0.70	0.89	0.31–1.9	0.35	0.45	<LOD–1.3
PFOS branched	9.4	10	<LOD–31	0.22	96	12	15	<LOD–31	7.1	8.3	<LOD–26
PFOS linear	20	23	4.7–69	0.40	100	24	33	14–69	17	19	4.7–47
PFOS	29	33	6.9–99			43	48	28–99	24	27	6.9–67
PFHpA	NA	NA	NA	0.26	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
PFOA	3.9	4.4	1.4–9.6	0.30	100	5.1	5.4	3.0–8.8	3.4	4.0	1.4–9.6
PFNA	0.81	0.95	<LOD–2.9	0.26	98	0.94	1.1	0.40–2.9	0.77	0.88	<LOD–2.4
% linear PFOS	69	69	49–100			67	67	49–100	69	70	56–100

AM, arithmetic mean; LOD, method detection limit; %>LOD, percentage of samples in which the analyte was detected; NA, not available; PFOSA, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; PFHxS, perfluorohexane sulfonate; PFHpS, perfluoroheptane sulfonate; PFOS, sum of branched and linear isomers of PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate); PFHpA, perfluoroheptanoate; PFOA, perfluorooctanoate; PFNA, perfluorononanoate; % linear PFOS, percentage linear PFOS related to PFOS.