Chemical Group
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Chemical Name
Project Name
Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST) - 2.Expanded
Units
ng/g creatinine
Measured in
Urine
Study Group Subset
Geometric mean (95% Confidence Interval)
115
95% Confidence Interval lower
93.9
95% Confidence Interval upper
141
25th
62.6
50th
104
75th
151
95th
909
Number of people tested
218.00
Detection Frequency
90.5%
Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
20 pg/mL
Indicates Exposure to
Pyrene
Footnote
●Expanded BEST data from 218 participants was weighted, a statistical method to adjust over-represented and under-represented samples, so that the summary results adequately reflect the population of California’s Central Valley. Unweighted results are available to download on the Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST) – 2. Expanded project page.
Summary Result Type
Weighted - Unweighted
