Table 2

Concentrations of pyrethroid insecticide urinary metabolites (µg/L) (PELAGIE cohort, France) (modified from Viel et al14)

ExposureNo.LODPercent <LOD50th Percentile75th Percentile90th Percentile
Prenatal (before the 19th week of gestation)
3-PBA2050.00869.8<LOD0.0180.075
4-F-3-PBA2050.00391.2<LOD<LOD<LOD
cis-DCCA2050.06735.10.0900.1740.302
trans-DCCA2050.0102.00.1400.2700.568
cis-DBCA2050.06731.70.1050.1840.390
Childhood (at 6 years of age)
3-PBA2840.00836.30.0180.0470.089
4-F-3-PBA2840.00384.2<LOD<LOD0.008
cis-DCCA2830.06735.30.0990.1890.312
trans-DCCA2830.0103.50.2220.5831.159
cis-DBCA2830.06714.80.2200.4280.922
  • DCCA, dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid; LOD, limit of detection; PBA, phenoxybenzoic acid.