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CorporateHealth Physics Corporate OccupationalMedicine Corporate ProductResponsibility Corporate Toxicology 3M MedicalDepartment
3M Center,220-2E-02 PO Box 33220 St Paul,MN 55133-3220 651733 1110
An Epidemiologic Investigationof ClinicalChemistries,Hematology and Hormones in Relation to Serum Levels of PerfluorooctaneSulfonateinMale Fluorochemical Production Employees
Following reportsof the findingof organicfluorineinserasamples,a fluorochemical medical surveillancperogram began at3Ms Decatur manufacturingfacilitiynthe late 1970's.The surveillancperogram has generallyconsistedofannual or biannualtestsof clinicaclhemistriesp,ulmonary function,blood countsand a biomonitorof fluorochemicalexposure. A totalorganicfluorinemeasurement was routinelydone until 1993. This measures the amount of fluorinethatwas covalentlybound to carbon inthe serum sample. When testdatawere availablea, company physicianreviewed each employee'sresults.These physiciansdid not and have not,found abnormalitiesin individualtshatthey feltwere relatedtofluorochemicalexposure. That is,medical conditions,medicationsand lifestylfeactorsadequatelyexplainedthe laboratory abnormalitie(swhich one expectstofindinthistype of program.)
Beginning in 1994,the3M Decatur (Alabama) plantmedical surveillancperogram incorporateda serum measurement of perfluorooctanesulfonate(PFOS) and perfluorooctanoat(ePFOA). Totalorganicfluorinewas notmeasured. A formalreport was writtenof theaggregateanalysesconducted of themedical surveillanccelinical program datafortheDecatur (Alabama) and Antwerp (Belgium)employees who voluntarilpyarticipateidn 1994,@1995and 1997. The findingsfrom thisaggregate
analysissuggestedthat,among theseparticipatinAgntwerp and Decatur male fluorochemicalproductionemployees, significanhtematological,clinicaclhemistryand hormonal abnormalitieswere not associatedwith serum PFOS levelsup to 6 ppm. Itwas not possibleto deriveinferencesfrom the few employees with serum PFOS levels> 6 ppm. Limitationsofthisstudyincludeitscross-sectionadlesign,the voluntary participatiornates,the few subjectsexposed atthe highestlevels,and the lower levelsof serum PFOS measured among theseemployees compared to those estimatedto cause effectsinlaboratoryanimals. Resultsofthe hepaticand lipidclinicaclhemistrytests were publishedintheJournalof Occupationalcmd EnvironmentalMedicine (1999;41:799-806).In the Springof 2000, medicalsurveillancweillagainbe offeredto 3M fluorochemicalproductionemployees atthe Antwerp and Decatur manufacturing sites.
April22, 1998
An EpidemiologicInvestigationf ClinicalChemistriesH,ematology and Hormones inRelationtoSerum Levelsof
PerfluorooctanSeulfonateinMale FluorochemicalProductionEmployees
Geary W. Olsen,D.V.M., Ph.D. JeanM. Burris,R.N.,M.P.H. JeffreyH. Mandel,M.D., M.P.H. LarryR. Zobel,M.D., M.P.H.
MedicalDepartment,3M Company, 220-3W-05, St.Paul,MN 55144
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ABSTRACT 3M manufacturesproductswhich containchemicalcompounds, eitheras
intentionaclomponents or residualimpuritiest,hathave as a parentmolecule, perfluorooctanseulfonylfluoride.These chemicalsinclude:perfluorooctanseulfonate (PFOS),N-ethylperfluorooctanesulfonamiNd-ee,thylperfluorooctanesulfonarnido ethanol,N-methyl perfluoroctanesulfonamiedtohanoland chemicalsderivedfrom it,and themixtureofmono-, di-and tri[N-ethylperfluorooctanseulfonamidoethylp]hosphates. There may be otherprecursorsin theworkplace.These moleculesentera number of productapplication(se.g.s,urfactantfso,odpackagingadditivesp,olymers).These compounds may be expectedtotransformmetabolicallyt,oan undetermineddegree,to PFOS as an end-stagemetabolite.Potassiumperfluorooctanseulfonat(eC8Fl70SO2K@) is,itselfa,surfactanutsed asa wettingand foaming agentin industriaalnd commercial processes.
Subchronicstudiesin ratsand primatessuggesttheremay be a potentiaflor cumulativetoxicitwyithPFOS overtimewiththeprimaryeffectrelatedtometabolic wasting. Althoughthemechanism oftoxicitiysnotfullyunderstoodt,oxicitmyay be due toan effecton peroxisome proliferatiofna,ttyacidmetabolism,membrane function, proteinsynthesisand/ormitochondriablioenergetics.
Niedicalsurveillancheas been routinelpyerformedon 3M fluorochemical productionworkers(inDecatur,Alabama and Antwerp,Belgium)withpotentiaelxposure to PFOS and/ortoperfluorinatepdrecursorsthatmay metabolicalldyegradeto PFOS. The purposeof thisstudywas to providean analysisof thehematology(hematocrit, hemoglobin,redblood cellsw,hitebloodcellsand platelectount),clinicaclhemistries
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(alkalinpehosphatase,gamma glutamyltransferasea,spartataeminotransferasea,lanine aminotransferaset,otaland directbilirubinb,lood ureanitrogenc,reatinineg,lucose, cholesterolo,w densitylipoproteinhsi,ghdensitylipoproteinasnd triglycerideasn)d hormonal parameters(cortisodle,hydroepiandrosteronseulfatee,stradioflo,llicle stimulatinhgormone, 17-alphahydroxyprogesteronel,uteinizinhgormone, prolactins,ex hormone bindingglobulin,freetestosteronbeo,und testosteronaen,d thyroidstimulating hormone) inrelatiotno serum PFOS as determinedby highperformanceliquid chromatography mass spectrometrymethods.These relationshipwsere assessedin fluorochemicaplroductionemployeesfrom two time periods,1995 (N = 178) and 1997 (N = 149).
Descriptivesimple and stratifiaendalysesP,earsoncorrelatiocnoefficients, analysisof varianceand multivariablreegressionwere used toevaluateforpossible associationbsetween PFOS and each hematologicaland clinicaclhemistrytestand hormonal assay. Age, body mass index,currentalcoholconsumption(drinksper day) and cigarettuese (cigarettessmoked perday)were potentiaclonfoundingfactorsthat were consideredintheanalysesM.ultivariablreegressionmodels were fittewdith PFOS analyzedas a continuousvariableusinglinearas wellasnon-lineartransformationisn ordertomaximize thepossibilitoyf findingassociationbsetweenPFOS and the parametersof interest.
Four categorizationosfserum PFOS levelswere assessedinrelatiotno the responsevariables0:- < I ppm; I -< 3 ppm; 3 - < 6 ppm; and > 6 ppm. In 1995,mean serum PFOS levelsby categorywere 0.49ppm, 1.82ppm, 4.12ppm and 8.17ppm, respectivelyI.n 1997, mean serum PFOS levelsby categorywere 0.52ppm, 1.78ppm,
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3.87ppm and 7.20 ppm, respectivelyF.or bothyears,95 percentof theemployees' serum PFOS levelswere below 6 ppm. Although thetwo plantpopulationsdifferedby age,body mass index and alcoholconsumption,no consistenatssociationbsy, bothplant locationasnd year,were observedbetween theclinicaclhemistriesh,ematology and hormone parameters and theemployees'serum PFOS levels.
The findingsfrom thisstudysuggestthat,among theseAntwerp and Decatur male fluorochemicaplroductionemployees,significanhtematologicalc,linicaclhemistryand hormonal abnormalitieasrenotassociatedwith serum PFOS levelsup to6 ppm. Itisnot possibletodeiiveinferencesfrom thefew employees withserum PFOS levels> 6 ppm. Limitationsof thisstudyincludeitscross-sectiondaelsign,thevoluntaryparticipation rates,thefew subjectsexposed atthehighestlevelsa,nd thelower levelsof serum PFOS measured among theseemployees compared tothosethatcausedeffectsinlaboratory animals.
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INTRODUCTION 3M manufacturesproductswhich containchemicalcompounds, eitheras
intentionaclomponents or residualimpuritiest,hathave as a parentmolecule, perfluorooctanseulfonylfluoride.These chemicalsinclude:perfluorooctanseulfonate (PFOS),N-ethylperfluorooctanesulfonamiNd-ee,thylperfluorooctanesulfonamido ethanol,N-methyl perfluoroctanesulfonamiedtohanoland chemicalsderivedfrom it,and themixtureof mono-, di-and tri[N-ethylperfluorooctanseulfonamidoethylp]hosphates. There may be otherprecursorsintheworkplace.These moleculesentera number of productapplication(se.g.s,urfactantfso,odpackagingadditivesp,olymers).These compounds can be expectedto be transformedmetabolicallyt,oan undetermineddegree, to PFOS as an end-stagemetabolite[Gibsonetal.,1983].Potassiumperfluorooctane sulfonat(eC8Fl70SO2K) is,itselfa,surfactanutsed asa wettingand foaming agentin industriaalnd commercial processes.
Potassiumperfluorooctanseulfonatiesreadilyabsorbedby ingestion[Johnson and Ober,1979;O'Malley and Ebbens,19801. Ninetyfivepercentof a singleoraldose of [14C] PFOS administeredto male ratswas absorbedwithin24 hours [Johnsonand Ober, 1979].
Aftera single,24-houroccludeddermal exposuretoPFOS ata doseof 5000 mglkg,totalserum organicfluorinceoncentrationwsere 10.3and 0.9ppm formale and femalealbinorabbitsr,espectivel[yO'Malleyand Ebbens,19801. Twenty eightdays afterdosing,totalserum organicfluorinceoncentrationhsad risento 130.2and 128.0 ppm formale and femalealbinorabbitsr,espectivelyO.n theotherhand,no quantifiable
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organicfluorinceould be detected28 daysaftera single2,4 hour occludeddermal exposuretoa 0.06% solutionof PFOS in wateratdoses of0,0.003,0.06,and 0.3mg PFOS solution/kgr,espectivelyt,o 3 male and 3 femalealbinorabbitsperdose group [Glaza,1995].
Once inthebody,PFOS concentratepsrimarilyintheliverof rats[Johnsonetal., 19791.Eighty-ninedaysaftera singleintravenoudsose (mean 4.2 mgtkg) of radiolabelePdFOS, mean tissueconcentration(sgg PFOS equivalent/tgissue)were: liver2,0.56;plasma,2.21;kidney,1.09;lung,1.06;spleen,0.51;bone marrow, 0.46;red blood cells0,.45;adrenals0,.41;testes0,.36;skin,0.35;muscle,0.29;subcutaneousfat, 0.20; eye,0.16;abdominalfat,< 0.08;and brain,< 0.05. Johnson etal.[1979]observed that30.2percentofthedose 89 daysafteradministratiohnad been excretedin theurine and 12.6percentinthefeces. Analysesof theurine,fecesand tissueshave suggested thatPFOS isnotmetabolized[Johnsonetal.,1984]. The plasma half-lifweas calculated to be 7.5days aftera singleoraldose ofradiolabelePdFOS (mean dose,4.2mg/kg) in solutiontothreemale rats[Johnsonand Ober, 1979].
There appearsto be significanetnterohepaticcirculatioonf PFOS with both urinaryand fecalexcretion[Johnsonetal.,1979;1980;1984].In male rats, cholestyramineadministeredin thefeeddecreasedtheretentioonf radiolabelePdFOS in liverp,lasma,and red blood cells3,.8,7.7and 6.0fold,respectivelya,nd increasedits eliminationviafeces9.5foldaftertheratswere given intravenousradiolabelePdFOS (mean dose,3.4mg/kg) [Johnsonetal.,1980;1984]. There was a lowerclearancerate of 14C intheurinecompared to controlanimals becauseof theincreasedrateof fecal elimination.Cholestyramineisa bileacidsequestrantthatactsby bindingbileacidsin
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theintestinatlract.This reducesbileacidresorptioannd itsreturnto theliver.Decreased flow of bileacidsintheenterohepaticcirculatiornesultisnincreasedconversionof hepaticcholesteroilntobileacids.Thisresultisna declinein hepaticcholesterol concentratioannd thestimulatioonflow densitylipoprotei(nLDL) receptorsynthesis, which subsequentlyproducesa declinein serum LDL cholesterollevels.
Upon acuteexposure,PFOS was moderatelytoxicby oraladministratio[nGabriel, 1976;Dean etal.,1978;Rusch and Rinehart,1979],butnotdermal [O'Maey and Ebbens, 1980]. There have been two acuteoraltoxicitsytudiesreported[Gabriel1,976; Dean etal.,1978]. In themore recentstudyPFOS was suspendedina 20% acetone/80% com oilmixtureand administeredorallyby gavage levelsto 5 male and 5 female ratsper group atthefollowingdosages:100,215,464 and 1000 mg/kg [Dean etal.,1978]. Animals were observedfor14 days.The acuteoralLD50 values(95% confidencelimits inparenthesesw)ere male rats2,33 (160-339) mgtkg;femalerats271 (200 -369)mg/kg; combined male and femalerats2;51 (199 -318) mgtkg. Clinicaslignsincludeddiarrhea, hypoactivityd,ecreasedlimb tone,ataxia,cornealopacityp,tosisp,iloerectiopnr,ostration and tremors. In thepreviousstudy,PFOS was administeredinwaterand theLD50 inthe ratwas determinedto be 1.25- 2.50g/kg [Gabriel1,976].Gabriel'sresultsappeartobe inconsistenwtithsubsequenttoxicitsytudies.
In an acuteinhalatiotnoxicitsytudy[Rusch and Rinehart,1979],a seriesof onehour inhalatioenxposuresinratsatexposureconcentrationosf PFOS at24.09,7.05,6.49, 4.88,2.86,1.89and 0.0mg/L produced 100 percentmortalitayt.thehighestleveland partiamlortalit(y10 -80%) atallotherPFOS levels.Observationsincludeddyspnea, tremors,convulsionsh,ypersensitivihtyp,oactivitye,xcessivesalivatioannd laciimation
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and generalpoor condition.The LC50 was determinedtobe 5.2mg/L (95% CI = 4.46.4mg/L).
PFOS has been shown tobe a potentinducerof hepaticperoxisomesand fatty acidbeta-oxidatioinn therat[Ikedaetal.,1987]and mouse [Sohleniusetal.,1993]. Afterfeedingmale ratsfortwo weeks with a powdered chow containing0.02% PFOS, hepaticcatalasef,attyacyl-CoA,camitineacetyltransferasaend camitinepalmitoyl transferasiencreasedby 1.74,4.90,6.84and 1.69fold,respectivelcyo,mpared tocontrol animals[Ikedaetal.,1987].PFOS alsoinducedcytochromeP450 activity.Male mice administeredperfluorooctanseulfonicacidata concentratioonf0.05% weight/weightin thedietfor5 daysresultedinweightlossand increasedperoxisomalfattyacidbetaoxidationp,eroxisomalcatalaseactivity&,2-hydroxylatioonflauricacid,cytosolic epoxidehydrolaseactivitaynd cytosoliDcT-diaphoraseactivit[ySohleniuseta].,1993].
Haughom and Spydevold[1992]fed 0.02% perfluorooctanseulfoniaccidinthe dietfor7 - 14 days to male Wistarratswhich resultedin increasedliverweight,liver triacylglycerolli,verfreecholesteroalnd decreasedlivercholesteroelsteras wellas decreasedserum cholesteroalnd triacylglycerloelvelsT.here was reducedcholesterol synthesisfrom acetatep,yruvateand hydroxymethylglutaratbeutno reductionin synthesisfrom mevalonicacid inthehepatocytesfrom thetreatedrats.The activitoyf liverhydroxymethylglutariaccid-Co-Areductase(IB4G-CoA) and acyl-CoAcholesterol acyltransfera(sAeCAT) was reduced.Haughom and Spydevold [1992]suggestedthatthe hypolipidemiceffectofperfluorooctanseulfonicacidmay be due todownregulationof HMG-COA reductaseand ACAT withenhancedfattyacidoxidationintheliver.This would subsequentlyreduceverylow densitylipoprotei(nVLDL) productionby theliver.
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Recently,Nabbefeldetal.[1998]testedthehypothesisthatPFOS and other fluorocompoundsmay actasperoxisomeproliferatobrysdisplacinfgattyacidsfrom liver fattyacidbindingprotein(L-FABP). 10 pM PFOS causeda 66 percentreductionofthe fluorescentlyabeledfattyacidanalogll-(5-dimethylaminonapthalenesulfphonyl)undecanoicacidfrom L-FABP invitro.Comparable resultwsere observedforbovine serum albumin.These findingsdemonstratedthatPFOS has a highaffinitfyorfattyacid carrieprroteinsand can displacetheendogenous ligand.
Resultsfrom threesubchronicstudieshave been reported[Goldenthaletal., 1978a;1978b; 1979].PFOS was fedinthedietofCharlesRiverCD ratsat0 (control), 30, 100,300, 1,000and 3,000ppm for90 days [Goldenthaletal.,1978a]. At the300, 1,000and 3,000ppm dosage levela,llratsdiedpriorto scheduledtermination.Toxicity signsincludedemaciation,convulsionso,cularand anogenitaldischargesi,ncreased sensitivitoyexternalstimuliand reducedmotor activityB.stopathologyshowed compound-relatedlesionswhich includedhepatichypertrophyand necrosist,hymic and splenicfolliculartrophy,bone marrow hypocellulariatnyd atrophyof mesentericlymph nodes,smallintestinavlillaind skeletamluscle. Among the 100 ppm dose group there was weight loss,elevatedplasma creatininpehosphokinase,alkalinpehosphatase,blood glucoseand blood ureanitrogend,ecreasedhemoglobin,hematocrite,rythrocytaend leukocytecounts,hepaticenlargementand necrosisa,nd stomach discoloratioannd hemorrhage. Among the30 ppm dosegroup therewas weightloss,elevatedplasma glutamate-pyruvatetransaminaseand plasma glutamateoxalacetatteransaminase,and liverdiscoloration.
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Inasubchron(i9c0day)study[Goidentheatall.1,979]t,womaleandtwofemale rhesumsonkeyspergroupreceive0d(contro1l0),,30,100and300mg/kg/daoyfPFOS by oralgavage. All animals(exceptcontrolsd)iedwithin20 days and timingwas related todosage. Monkeys treatedwith300 mgtkg/daydiedbetween thesecond and fourthday. Monkeys treatedwith 100 mgtkg/day diedbetweenthe3d and 5h day. Monkeys treated at30 mg/kg/day diedbetweenthe7h and IOh day and thosetreatedat 10 mg/kg/day died between the IIth and 20'hday of thestudy.Signsof toxicitayteach dosage levelwere comparable and includedanorexia,diarrhead,ecreasedactivitye,mesis,weight loss, marked weakness,prostrationa,nd generalbody tremors.There were no consistent histopathologicchanges withexposure.Adrenalchanges,includingcongestion, hemorrhage and lipiddepletionof theadrenalcortex,were observedin afldose groups.
An additionaslubchronicrhesusmonkey studywas subsequentlyinitiateadtmuch lowerdosages[Goldenthal1,978b]. PFOS was administerebdy oralgavage totwo male and two femalemonkeys atdosagesof 0,0.5,1.5or4.5mg/kg/day for90 days. Animals treatedatthe4.5mg/kg/daydosage leveldiedor were sacrificeidnextremisby the seventhweek withsignsof gastrointestintaolxicitcyomparable tothoseobservedinthe previousrhesusmonkey studyby Goldenthaletal.[1978a].Also,in the4.5 mglkglday dose group,mean serum cholesterollevelsdeclinedfrom 183 mg/100 ml to99 within30 days.SGOT increasedfrom 36 to 95 uA and alkalinpehosphatasedecreasedfrom 1088 to 590 u/1. SGFIT remainedunchanged. lestopathologsyhowed compound-related marked diffuselipiddepletionof theadrenalsas wellas diffuseatrophyof thepancreatic exocrinecellsA.nimals inthe0.5mgfkg/day and 1.5mg/kg/daydosage groups survived to theend ofthestudy. Occasionaldiarrheaa,norexiaand emesiswere observed.There
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was a decreasein serum alkalinephosphataseand inorganicphosphateinthe 1.5 mgtkg/day group and a slightdecreaseinalkalinephosphataseinthe0.5mg/kgtday group attheend of 90 days.festopathologywas unremarkableinbothdosage groups.
A no observableadverseeffectlevel(NOAEL) was notidentifiefdrom any ofthe above threesubchronic(90day)studies.The resultfsrom thesethreesubchronicstudies suggesttheremay be a potentiaflorcumulativetoxicitoyvertimewiththeprimarytoxic effectrelatedto metabolicwasting.This may be due toan effecotn peroxisome proliferatiofna,ttyacidmetabolism,membrane functionp,roteinsynthesiasnd/or mitochondrialbioenergetics.
To date,thereareno dataregardingthechronictoxicitaynd carcinogenicitoyf PFOS. PFOS was not observedtobe mutagenicinseveralSalmonellatyphimurium strainwsith or withoutmetabolicactivatio[nJagannathand Brusic,1978]. PFOS was negativeinan invivomouse bone marrow micronucleusassay[Murli,1996].
There have been two teratologsytudiesconductedwithPFOS. Oral administrationv,iacom oil,of PFOS atdoses of 0, 1,5 and 10 mg/kg/dayto pregnantrats duringdays 6 - 15 of gestatiornesulteidn fetuseswithwhat was initialrleyportedas teratogenicchangesintheeye. [Gortneretal.,1980].These fetalensabnormalities were subsequentlyinterpretetdobe artifactosf thetissuesectioninpgrocess.Maternal body weightsin thehighdose groupwere significantrleyducedbutno significant treatment-relatteedratogeniocr embryotoxiceffectswere reported.Inthesecond teratologystudy,PFOS was administeredincom oilby oralgavage togroupsof 25 pregnantratson days 6 - 15 ofgestatioantdoses of 0, 1,5 and 10 mg/kg/day [Wetzelet al.,1983].Matemal body weightsand food consumptionat5 and 10 mg/kg/day were
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significantrleyducedcompared tothecontrolanimals. Two femaleratsinthe highdose group diedbeforeday 20. Clinicalsignsin survivingdams includedhunching,thinness, alopeciar,ough haircoatand anorexia.Treatment-relateedffectsp,rimarilyoccurringin thehighdose group,includedincreaseresorptionasnd fetaldeath,decreasedfetalbody weight,delayedskeletaolssificatiocnl,eftpalate,subcutaneousedema and cryptorchidism.
During thepast 15 to20 yearstherehave been severalendeavorsdesignedto ascertaitnhehealthand exposurestatusof workers involvedwithfluorochemical productionatthecompany's Decatur,Alabama and Antwerp,Belgium plants.Medical surveillancheas been routinelcyonductedof fluorochemicalproductionworkersatboth plants.Medicalsurveillancaectivitiaensalyzedfortotalserum organicfluorinleevels untilthemid-1990'swhen serum PFOS determinationq,uantifiablbey liquid chromatographymass spectrometry,became incorporatedinthebiennialmedical surveillanceexaminations.However, we areaware of one occasionin 1979 where the serum of 5 Decaturemployees was measured forPFOS by electroncapturegas chromatographand microwave plasmadetectionmethods [CentralAnalyticaLlaboratory, 1979].Totalserum organicfluorinleevelsforthesefiveemployeeswere 10.1,5.7,9.4, 11.8and4.lppm. The percentofPFOS foundwas 60%,70%,80%,55% and 65% of thetotalserum organicfluorinleevels,respectivelyI.n 1981,selectecdlinical chemistriesand hematology valuesofDecaturemployees inthechemicalplantwere compared tothoseresultosf employeesintheadjacent3M filmplant[Roach,1982; Schuman, 1982].There were no significacnotrrelatiocnoefficienbtestween totalserum organicfluorineand gamma glutamyltransferases,erum glutamicoxaloacetic
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transaminases,erum glutamicpyruvictransaminasea,lkalinephosphatase,cholesterol, hemoglobinorredblood counts. However, thisanalysiwsas limitedinscope(no dose responseanalysis)d,id not analyzespecificalfloyrPFOS, and didnot accountforseveral potentiaclonfoundingfactors.Another researchinitiatiivnetothehealthstatusof Decaturemployees was a retrospecticvoehortmortalitystudy(1961 - 1991)conductedof former and currentemployees who had worked atleastone yearattheDecaturplant [Mandel and Johnson, 1995].Vitalstatuwsas determinedfor99.7% ofthe 1,957cohort members who had,worked inthechemicaland filmplants.A totalof 74 deathswere identifiecdompared to 117.7expected(U.S.rates).Among male employees who had worked onlyin theDecatur chemicalplant,therewere 32 deathscompared to 44.1 expected. There were no specificausesof deaththathad significantellyevated standardizemdortalityratios.Because ofitsmore recentconstructioinn the1970's, therehas notbeen a retrospectivceohortmortalitystudyconductedof employees atthe Antwerp plant.
The purposeof thisreportistoprovidean aggregateanalysisof the hematologicalc,linicaclhemistryand hormonal parameters,as measured in themedical surveillanceexaminationsof Antwerp and Decaturemployees intwo separatetime periods,inrelatiotnotheworkers'serum PFOS levelsA.lthough femaleemployees also participateidn thesemedicalsurveillanceexaminations,theiractualnumbers were too few to providemeaningfulstatisticaanlalysis.
METHODS PFOS Production
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PFOS productionbegan inAntwerp in 1976 and inDecatur in 1961. In general, perfluorinatecdhemicals areproduced viaan electrochemicalprocess:a solutionof organicsubstrateiselectrolyzedinanhydrous hydrogen fluorideata low voltage(Simons and Bryce, 1954).Basicallyt,he productsof thiselectrolysicsellreactionare highly fluorinatecdompounds with theend-product@efinedby the startinmgaterial.Products manufactured atthesetwo plantsinclude:ScotchgardTm brand fiber,leatherand carpet protectorU-g,ht WaterTm brand aqueous filmfonming foam (AFFF); ScotchbanTM paper treatment;Kel-F7m brand plasticand FluorelTmbrand elastomers.
SubjectSelection General medical surveillancoeccursbienniallyforemployees atboth of these
plants.Participatioinsvoluntarywith approximately100 Antwerp and 250 Decatur employees eligibleforsurveillanceA. totalof 88 Antwerp employees participateidnthe medical surveillancexaminationsin theSpring,1995 and 90 Decatur employees participateidntheFall,1994. IntheFallof 1997,a totalof 149 employees (Antwerp 65;Decatur = 84) participateidnmedical surveillanceexaminations.For purposesof brevity,thesetime periodswillbe referredto as 1995 and 1997. Altogether,61 employees participateidnboth examinationyears(1995 and 1997). This lower number was due to a largeturnoverof employees atboth plantlocationsduring 1996-1997. For each time period the surveillancceonsistedof a medicalquestionnairem,easurement of height,weight and blood pressure,standardclinicalchemistryand hematology tests,and determinationof serum PFOS levels.
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In 1995,severalhormones were alsoanalyzedfor male employees who were judged a priorito have had likelyPFOS exposure(i.e.t,hoseworking inor inthe immediatevicinitoyfthePFOS productionarea).Of the88 Antwerp employees,50 had hormone measurements. Of the90 Decaturemployees,38 underwenthormone measurements.
PFOS Analysis In 1995 theanalysisforserum PFOS was conductedby 3M'S Environmental
Technology Servicesin St.Paul,Minnesota.The method usedtetrabutylammoniumto ion-paiwrithPFOS inserum. The ion-pairwsere thenextractewdithethylacetate.The abstractiopnroductwas thenanalyzedusinghighperformanceliquidchromatographythermospraymass spectrometry[Johnsonetal.,1996]. In 1997 theserum sampleswere analyzedby TurbolonSpray liquidchromatography/massspectrometryusingselectedion monitoringinthenegativeionmode by Advanced BioanalyticaSlervicesI,nc.[Anderson etal.,1997a;1997b].The lowerlimitofquantitatiownas 0.1gg/mL forPFOS.
LaboratoryAnalyses For bothtime periods,theUnitedLaboratoryServices(St.Paul,Minnesota)
performedthestandardhematologicaland clinicaclhemistrytests.These includedthe followinghematologicatlestsh:ematocrit(percent)h,emoglobin(gm/dl)r,edbloodcells (RBC, looo/MM3), whitebloodcells(WBC, Iooo/ MM3 )and platelectount(1000/ MM3); and thefollowingclinicaclhemistrytestsa:lkalinpehosphatase(IIJ/L)g,amma glutamyltransferas(eGGT, IU/]L)a,spartataeminotransferas(eAST, IUAL)formerly
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known as serum glutamicoxaloacetiaccid(SGOT), alanineaminotransferas(eALT, IU/L)formerlyknown as serum glutamicoxaloacetitcransaminase(SGPT), totaland direcbtilirubi(nmg/dl)b,loodureanitroge(nBUN, mg/dl),serumcreatinin(emg/dl), glucose(mg/dl)c,holestero(lmg/di)h,ighdensitycholestero(lHDL, mgldl)and triglycerid(emsg/di).Low densitylipoprotei(nmgldl)was calculateadsthefollowing: LDL = [cholester-oHlDL -(tiyglycerides/5)].
Eleven hormones were assayedin 1995:cortisold,ihydroepiandrosteronseulfate (DHEAS), cstradiolf,olliclsetimulatinhgormone (FSH),17 alphahydroxyprogesterone (17-BP),freetestosteronteo,taltestosteronleu,teinizinhgormone (LH),prolactin, thyroidstimulatinhgormone (TSH) and sexhormone bindingglobuli(nSHBG). Allbut SBBG (EndocrineScienceReferenceLaboratoryT,ar-zanaC,A) were analyzedatthe Universityof Nfinnesota'EsndocrinologyLaboratory.
Cortisolwas assayedusinga fluorescencpeolarizatioinmmunoassay (Abbott TDx). Radioimmunoassays(RIA)were usedforDHEAS (Pantex)e,stradio(lmodified Pantex),17-HP (modifiedCIS)and totaltestosteron(eDiagnostiPcroductCorp.Coat-A Count). Free testosteronweas determinedusingequilibriudmialysisL.H, FSH and prolactiwnere assayedusinga microparticleenzyme immunoassay (AbbottImx). TSH was determinedusinga chemiluminescenceimmunometric assay(Nichols).SBBG was assessedviaa radioimmunoassayafterchromatographicsample purificatio(nEndocrine ScienceReferenceLaboratory).Bound testosteronweas calculateads totaltestosterone lessfreetestosterone.
Data Analysis
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Descriptivesimpleand stratifiaendalyses,Pearsoncorrelatiocnoefficients, ANOVA and ordinarymultivariablreegressionwere usedto evaluateassociations between PFOS and each hematologicaland clinicaclhemistrytestand hormonal assay. Age, body mass index,currentalcoholconsumption(chinksper day)and cigarettuese (cigarettessmoked per day)were potentiaclonfoundingfactorsthatwere consideredin theanalyses.For stratifiaendalysese,mployees were dividedintofourPFOS categories: 0-1 ppm, I -< 3 ppm, 3 -< 6 ppm and > 6 ppm inordertodetermineifan effectexisted atthehighestserum PFOS levels.Other categoricaclutoffpointswere alsoused which providedsimilarresults.For multivariablreegressioannalyses,PFOS and thepotential confoundersof age,body mass index(BNU), alcoholuseand cigarettuese were examined as continuousexplanatoryvariableisnthemodels. Multivariablreegressionmodels were fittewdith PFOS analyzedas a continuousvariableusinglinearaswellas non-linear transformation(squadratics,quare,squarerootand inverse)inordertomaximize the possibilitoyf findingassociationbsetween PFOS and thedependentvariableof interest. Linearand nonlinearrelationshipwsere examined by residualdiagnosticussing studentizedand Cook's distancevalues.Naturallogtransformationosf thedependent variablewsere performed,when necessary,tonormalizevariableasnd toenhance model fit.Traditionasltepwiseselectiopnrocedureswere alsoemployed (selectioinnand out of model was setatp = 0.1)as wellas takingintoaccountothercovariantsthatmay be on thebiologicpathway of effect[Greenland,1989].We didnotexamine changesin measured PFOS between thetwo timeperiodsbecausetheestimatedhalf-lifoef PFOS is atleasttwo years. Studyresultwsere analyzedusingtheSAS System [1990].
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Analysesarepresentedby plant,yearand thethreemajor groupsof participants: allemployeeswho participatiendeach year(1995:N = 178;1997:N = 149);only those employees(N = 61) who participatiendbothyears;and onlythoseemployees (N = 88) who participateidn thehormone measurements in 1995.
RESULTS The distributioonf employees,by serum PFOS exposurecategorizatioins,
presentedinTable 1. Whereas 20 percentof theDecaturemployees had exposuresat> 3 ppm forboth years,thisproportioninAntwerp went from 25 percentin 1995 to 13 percentin 1997. For both years95 percentof themeasured serum PFOS levelswere below 6 ppm. There were no PFOS measurements > 6 ppm inAntwerp in 1997.
The overallmean valuesof PFOS, demographic,serum chemistryand hematologicalparametersforbothlocationsa,s wellas each locationseparatelya,re presentedin Tables2 and 3,respectivelyI.n particulatrh,eAntwerp male employee populationwas significantyloyungerthanDecatur,had lower body mass indicesand higherself-reportdeadilyconsumptionof alcohol. In additiont,heirclinicaplrofiles were alsodifferenftorseveraltests.The Antwerp employees had lowermean alkaline phosphatase,creatinineg,lucoseand triglycerivdaeluesand highertotalbilirubinH,DL and hematocritvalues.
PresentedinTable 4 arethePearsoncorrelatiocnoefficientbsetween PFOS and theselectedparametersof interesbty bothlocationcsombined, each locationseparately, and by yearofexamination.In 1995,variabletshatwere significant(lpy<.05) correlatewdith PFOS forbothlocationcsombined includedtotalbilirubinw,hiteblood
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cellsand plateletsA.lthough creatininweas not significantcloyrrelatewdhen both locationwsere examined,itwas negativelcyorrelatewdith PFOS inAntwerp but positivelcyorrelateidnDecatur. In 1997,variabletshatwere significantcloyrrelated withPFOS forboth locationcsombined were BNU, ALT, direcbtilirubinc,holesterol, LDL and hematocrit.InadditionG,GT and triglyceridweesre significantploysitively correlatewdithPFOS among onlyAntwerp employees.
Providedin Table 5 arethemean, median,standarddeviationand range of the covariateasnd theclinicaclhemistrieasnd hematologicalparametersby fourlevelsof PFOS categorizatio(n0 -< 1,1 -< 3,3 < 6 and > 6 ppm) forbothyears.Several observationasrenoteworthy. First,themean forthe > 6 ppm PFOS categorywas one orderof magnitude higherthanthelowestPFOS category(0 -< Ippm) forboth years. Also,themeans of thefourPFOS categoriewsere significantdliyfferenftrom each other. Second, theyoungestemployeeshad thelowestserum levelsof PFOS. Third,therewas onlyone variablet,otalbilirubiwnh,ich had significan(tp< .05)F testsfordifferenceisn means inboth yearsof analysis. Besidestotalbilirubint,heonlyothervariablein which themean of thehigherlevelsofPFOS exposure(3 -< 6 ppm or> 6 ppm) was significantdliyfferenftrom thelowestcategorylevelofPFOS exposure(0-< I ppm) was forWBC's in1995. This was notobservedin 1997. The lowestmean platelectountwas observedatthehighestPFOS exposurecategoryinboth years althoughthemean platelet countsby PFOS categorieswere not significantdliyfferenftrom eachother.
Providedinthenexttwo tablesarethemean, median,standarddeviationand rangeof thecovariatesand theclinicaclhemistriesand hematologicalparametersby the fourlevelsofPFOS categorizatifoonreach plantfor1995 (Table6)and 1997 (Table7).
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In 1995 (Table6)inAntwerp only,alcoholconsumptionwas associatewdith higher PFOS levels.Mean serum creatininleevelsdeclinedin Antwerp but increasedin Decatur employees. Antwerp employees inthe3 - < 6 ppm PFOS categorysmoked more cigaretteasnd had higherWBC levels.In 1997,Antwerp employeesinthe lowestPFOS exposurecategorywere significantyloyungerthantheircounterparts.Antwerp employees inthehigherPFOS categorylevelshad highermean alcoholconsumption levels.Mean cholesterolL,DL and triglycerildevelstrendedupwards by PFOS exposurecategoriesforAntwerp employees.
Linearand nonlinearrelationshibpestween PFOS and thedependentvariableosf interest,akingintoaccountthepotentiaclonfoundingaffectosf age,BNE, alcoholand cigaretterse,sultedinnumerous analyses.For purposesof brevityl,inearregression models arepr-esenteidnTable 8 which show theeffectthattheparameterof interest, PFOS, has on thevariousdependentvariablesa,djustedforage,body mass index,alcohol and cigarettuese. These covariatewsere analyzedas continuousvariablesI.n thecaseof serum creatininaend totalbilirubian,quadratic(PFOS + PFOS2) analysisprovidedthe beststatisticmaoldel of thedataadjustedforthefourpotentiaclonfounders.The natural logtransformatioonf totalbilirubiGnG,T and glucoseprovidedthebestfitforthese responsevariables.PFOS was significantalsysociatedp( <.10) inbothyearsforonly one clinicaplarameter:totalbilirubinP.FOS was associateidnone of thetwo yearsfor thefollowingvariablesd:irectbilirubicnr,eatininec,holesteroLlD,L, HDL, hematocrit, hemoglobin and platelectount.
Those variablesthatwere observed tobe associatedinatleastone yearin the regressiomnodels inTable 8 are separatedby plantlocationand yearinTable9. After
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separateanalysesby employee population,onlytwo variablest,otalbilirubiannd HDL, remainedsignificant(lnyegativelya)ssociatewdithPFOS foratleastone plantlocation forbothtimepeiiods.Totalbilirubisnhowed a significantegativeassociatiownith PFOS (quadratircelationf)oremployeesattheDecaturplantinboth years.There were no significanatssociationasmong theAntwerp populationbetween PFOS and total bilirubin.HDL was significantnleygativelayssociatewdith PFOS inAntwerp inboth 1995 and 1997 but was not significantalsysociatedwithPFOS inDecaturineitheryear. As forinconsistenatssociationosbservedinTable 8,directbilirubiwnas not significantly associatewdithPFOS ineitherplantlocatio(nTable9).The quadratiacssociatiofnor PFOS withcreatininweas observedinAntwerp in 1995 and Decaturin 1997 butnotin Antwerp in1997 orDecaturin1995. Cholestero(landLDL) was observedtobe positivelayssociatedwithPFOS onlyinDecaturin 1997.Hematocritand hemoglobin were associatewdith PFOS onlyinDecaturin 1997. Platelectountswere observedto be significantnleygativelyassociatewdithPFOS onlyinDecaturin 1995.
Traditionasltepwiseregressionmodelingtechniqueswere alsoused as wellas testingmodels with variabletshatwould be consideredon thebiologicaplathway of effectforany dependentvariableT.he association(sorlackthereoff)rom theseanalyses were similartowhat has been presentedinTables8 and 9. For purposesof brevitythese analysesarenot shown.
To furtherunderstandtheassociatiobnetween totalbilirubiannd PFOS, scatter plotsarepresentedforboth timeperiodsand by locationinAppendix A. Inaddition, unconjugatedbilirubiwnas alsocalculate(dtotablilirubi-ndirecta)nd thesescatteprlots arepresentedinAppendix B. Table 10 isa summary of thesescatteprlotsfrom both
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Appendices. The strongestassociationasppearedtobe quadraticinnatureprimarilyfor theDecaturlocationand thepercentof variabilietxyplainedrangedbetween 3 (1995 data)and 7 perrent(1997 data).The linearcomponent ofthequadratiwcas negativein directionT.he upward trendappearedtooccuraround 6 ppm PFOS where thedataare sparse.These simplelinearand quadraticmodels were notinfluencedby any one employee accordingto residualdiagnostics.
To furtherunderstandthepossibleassociatiobnetween HDL and PFOS, scatter plotsarepresentedforbothtimes and by locationinAppendix C. Both locations combined resulteidn significanetgativelinearand nonlinear(quadratica)ssociationisn 1995 althoughthepercentof variabilietxyplainedin thesemodels rangedbetween 3 and 5 percent.No significanatssociationwsere observedforeach plantlocationin 1995. There were no significanntegativeassociationbsetween HDL and PFOS in 1997 for eitherthecombined locationsor each separateplantsite.
Providedin Tables II through14 aretheanalysesrestrictetdothe61 employees who participateidn surveillancienbothyears.Table IIprovidesthemean valuesfor each parameterfortheemployees who participateidn bothexams compared tothosewho participatiendonlyone ofthetwo years.Overallt,herewere few differences.The mean age of the61 employees was lowerthanthatof the 1995 employees who didn't participatien 1997. Conversely,themean age of the61 employees was higherthanthat ofthe 1997 employeeswho didn'tparticipaitne 1995. Cholesteroalnd I.DL were significanthliygherinthe61 participantisn 1997. Tables12 and 13 presentthemean valuesby plantlocationfor1995 and 1997,respectivelOyf. these61 employees,27 were from Antwerp and 34 from Decatur. Of noteworthyimportancearethedifferences
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between the27 Antwerp employeesand theirfellowemployeesin1997 (Table13). The 27 Antwerp employees had significanthliyghermean PFOS exposures,were significantollyder,had greaterBNH's and highercholesterovlalues. Multivariable regressionanalysesforthe61 employees arepresentedinTable 14. The onlysignificant associatiownith PFOS appearedto be with s@rum creatinin(equadratici)n 1995.
Regardlessofplantlocationm,ean PFOS levelswere higherforthoseemployees who were selectedforhormone measurementsin 1995 (Table15).Thiswas expectedas theseemployees were selectedwiththea prioribeliefthattheirserum measurements would be higherdue totheirworkplaceexperience. For example,ofthe42 employees in 1995 whose serum PFOS levelswere > 3 ppm, 76% had hor-rnonemeasurements.
PresentedinTable 16 arethemean valuesforPFOS, demographic,serum chemistriesand hematology forthoseemployees who had hormone measurements compared tothoseemployees who didnotin 1995. Those employees who had hormone measurementswere younger,higherusersofalcohol(Antwerponly)and cigarette(sboth locations)a,nd had lowerserum creatinin(eAntwerponly)and higherVIBC levels(both locations).The latteorbservatioinsconfounded by cigarettsemoking as among nonsmokers,thoseselectedforhormone measurements had a mean WBC of 6.24 compared to6.03fornon-selecteedmployees (p=.36). Among smokers,thoseselectedhad a mean WBC of 8.69compared to8.06fornon-selecteedmployees(p= .23). Allotherclinical parameterswere comparable,by PFOS exposurecategories,between subjectswho had hormone measurements and thosewho did notin 1995 (Tables17 and 18).
The Pearsoncorrelatiocnoefficientbsetween PFOS and thehormones tested among the88 employees werethefollowingc:ortiso(l.07)D,BEAS (-.13)e,stradiol
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(.09)F,SH (.06)1,7-hydroxyprogester(o-n.e04)L,H (.03)p,rolacti(n.06)S,HBG (.11), freetestosteron(e-.06)b,ound testosteron(e.06)T,SH (.01).None were statistically significant.
PresentedinTable 19 arethemean, median,standarddeviationand range of the varioushormones by thefourPFOS categories0:- <1 ppm, I -< 3 ppm, 3 -< 6 ppm and 2!6 ppm. Severalobservationasrenoteworthy.Firstt,hemean age of thelowestPFOS exposurecategorywas 10 yearslessthanthatof thehighestexposurecategory.Therefore itwas not unexpectedto observethatthemean DBEAS, 17-HP, freetestosteronaend bound testosteronleevelsofthislowestexposurecategorywere greaterthanthemeans of thehigherPFOS exposurecategorizationAsd.justingforthedifferenceisn age (aswell astheotherthreepotentiaclonfounders)intheregressiomnodels (Table20) resulteidn no significanatssociationbsetween PFOS and thehormones analyzed,exceptfor estradiol.With estradioal,quadratimcodel providedthebestfitofthedataand both PFOS termswere significantU.pon residuadliagnosticistwas determinedthatthis estradiomlodel was influencebdy one specifiecmployee (employeeA).The influenceof employee A isbestseen inFiguresI and 2 which aresimplescatteprlotsof boththe linearand quadraticfitsof estradioalnd PFOS, withand withoutemployee A, respectivelyE.mployee A had a 12.83ppm serum levelof PFOS which was thehighest valuerecordedin 1995. Es estradiovlaluewas 92 pg/dl(seeupperrighthand comer of Figure1).Employee's A estradiovlaluewas alsoinfluencedby thefactthathisbody mass indexwas 33 kgtM2. Exclusionof thisemployee resultedina nonsignificant quadraticequationT.he variabili(tRy2)of thedataexplainedwent from 7.6 percentto2.1 percentupon exclusionof thisemployee. The slopeofthelinearequationchanged from
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positivteonegativealthoughitwas nonsignificanitnbothFiguresI and 2.Finallyi,t shouldbe notedthattheestradiomlodels in Table20,withand withoutemployee A, did predicttheknown positiveassocatiobnetween estradioalnd body mass index.
DISCUSSION We conductedtwo cross-sectionaanlalysesofsurveillancdeatatoexamine the
associationbsetween serum PFOS levelsand severalhematologicalc,linicaclhemistry and hormonal parametersin male fluorochemicalproductionemployees. For bothyears, 95 percentof themeasured serum PFOS levelswere below 6 ppm. Because theAntwerp and Decaturemployees were dissimilabry age,body mass indicesand self-reported alcoholuse,we conductedcombined as well as separateanalysesby plantlocation. These threedemographic differencelsikeleyxplainwhy theAntwerp employees had lowermean serum levelsof alkalinpehosphatase,HDL, triglyceridaensd blood glucose [Davem and Scharschmidt,1993;Lewis,1994;Friedman,1998;Fu, 1998;Wolf, 1998].
In thepresentstudy,alkalinpehosphatase,GGT, AST and ALT valueswere not significantalsysociatedwiththemeasured serum PFOS levels.This was an a priori questiondue to thefactthatPFOS: 1)isa peroxisome proliferatoirntherat[Ikedaetal., 1987;Sohleniusetal.,1993];2) resultedinslightomarked increaseisnplasma glutamicoxalaceticand pryuvictransaminaselevelsina 90 day studyof ratsfeddiets which containedPFOS at100 ppm alongwith hypertrophyand livernecrosisobservedat histopathology[Goldenthal,1978a];and 3) increasedSGOT and decreasedalkaline phosphataselevelsin monkeys afteradministrationb,y oralgavage,for30 days of doses of4.5mg/kg/dayofPFOS (Goldenthal1,978b]. On theotherhand,SGPT values
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remainedconstantand no histopatholociacbnormalitiewsere notedintheliversof these monkeys which died by the7"'week ofthestudy.No significalnitverenzymaticor histopathologcyhanges occurredinmonkeys inthe0.5and 1.5mgtkg/daydose groups.
We did observea quadratiacssociatiownith totalbilirubianmong onlythe Decaturemployees. We do notsuspectthisi@a biologicaalssociatiobnecausethe bilirubilnevelswere withinthenormalreferencerange. Also,thepercentvariability explainedof totalbilirubibny PFOS intheregressiomnodels was low.The Antwerp employees'totalbilirubilnevelswere significanthliygherthantheDecatur employees'levels.We offerseveraplossibleexplanationfsorthisobservation.Firstw,e suspectthere may be a greaterprevalenceofGilbert'syndrome [Lidofskyand Scharschmi.dt1,993;Friedman,1998]among theAntwerp employees.In 1995,15 (17%) Antwerp employees had totalbilirubivnalues> 1.2mg/dlcompared to3 (3%) Decatur employees'levels.In 1997,therewere 9 (15%) Antwerp and 2 (2%) Decatur employeeswith totalbilirubivnalues> 1.2mg/dI. However, therewas not a concomitantdeclineinbilirubicnonjugatio(ni.e.d,irectbilirubilnevelsa)s might be expectedamong individualdsiagnosedwithGilbert'syndrome. Neverthelesse,xclusion of thesepossibleGilbert'syndrome employees stilrlesultedinhighermean total bilirubivnaluesamong theAntwerp employees in bothyears.Secondly,therewere four Antwerp employees who self-reportheedpatitiAs historieasnd one employee selfreporteda historyof HepatitiBs. Fishand shellfischonsumptionislikelymuch greaterin Antwerp thanDecaturdue toitsvicinitnyeartheNorth AtlanticT.hird,bilirubiinsa tetrapyrroltehatisan end-productof heme degradation[Lidofskyand Scharschmidt, 1993]. Bilirubilnevelsmay be increasedue todisorderosfbilirubimnetabolism,liver
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diseaseand obstructioonfthebileducts. Other hematologicaland clinicaclhemistry resultdsid notsuggesttheseconditionsexistedamong theDecaturemployees. Fourth, post-collectipornoceduresmay resulitnerror.Totalbilirubidneterminatiomnay be falseldyepressedifhemolysisispresentbecauseof increasedabsorbencein theblank [Kaplanand Pesce,1984]. Bilirubiinsalsos@nsitivteo and destroyedby lightand heat. We areuncertainwhetherthesefactorscouldhave contributetdothelowertotalbilirubin levelsintheDecatursamplesinbothyears. Finally,thelinearcomponent ofthe quadraticassociatioonbservedamong Decaturemployees isnegativeindirectioinn relatiowniththeirmeasured PFOS levels.That is,totalbilirubilnevelsdeclinedwith increasinPgFOS levelsW.e would expecta positiveassociatioinfPFOS impaired bilirubicnonjugationT.he trendupwards inthequadraticappearstooccuratlevels6 ppm and higherwhere thedataaresparse.We concludethattheassociatioonbservedamong onlytheDecaturemployees isunlikelytobe relatedto serum levelsof PFOS.
We didobservea positiveassociatiobnetween serum PFOS and serum cholesterol levelsin the1997 time periodforDecaturemployees. Thisresulitsunlikelyto have a biologicaelxplanationas PFOS isa known peroxisome proliferationrtheratand was shown to have hypolipidemicpropertieisnrhesusmonkeys [Ikedaeta].,1987; Sohlenius etal.,1993;Goldenthal1978b;1979]. Rhesus monkeys fedPFOS at4.5mg/kg intheir chow had serum cholesterovlaluesreducedfrom 183 mg[L to99 mg/L within30 days. Rhesus monkeys fed 1.5mg/kg inthechow had cholesterollevelsreducedfrom 195 mg/kg toIII mglkg within90 days [Goldenthal1978b].As forHDL, althoughthe mult.ivariabalnealyseswere suggestiveof a negativeassociatiobnetween HDL and PFOS
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inAntwerp (butnotDecatur),thescatteprlotspresentedinAppendix C do not support thenotionof a biologicaalssociatiobnetween PFOS and HDL.
Itshouldbe notedthattotalorganicfluorinelevelsp,rimarilyconsistingof perfluorooctanoiacid(PFOA, C7Fl5COO-),a sevencarbonperfluorinatecdarboxylic acid,were reportedto reducetheeffecthatalcoholhas on HDL levelsamong higher exposedmale PFOA productionworkersinCottageGrove,Minnesota [Gillilanadnd Mandel, 1995]. However, thisfindingwas notobservedinsubsequentanalysesof these employees(Olsenetal.,unpublishedfindings).Thisobservatiobny Gillilanadnd Mandel was testableinthepresentstudyas both Antwerp and Decaturemployees had measurablequantitieosf PFOA. We didnotobservea significanntegativemodulationof theeffectof alcoholconsumptionon HDL levelsamong Antwerp and Decaturemployees with higherserum PFOA levelsalthoughtheirserum levelswere approximately3 to5foldless,on average,thanthatreportedinCottageGrove employees [Olsenetal.,1998]. The Antwerp and Decatur employeeswere exposed toPFOA, notinitsactualproduction, butratherinitsuse as a surfactanitntheproductionoffluoropolymers.In 1995 the mean serum PFOA levelamong theAntwerp and Decaturemployeescombined was 1.46 ppm (range0 - 13.20ppm) and in 1997 themean serum levelwas 1.57ppm (range0.11 11.10).Stratifiebdy plantlocationt,he 1995 and 1997 mean serum PFOA levelswere 1.19 and 1.78ppm intheAntwerp employees and 1.72and 1.40ppm intheDecatur employees,respectively.
The multivariablreegressiomnodels showed a negativeassociatiobnetween PFOS and platelectountsatPFOS levelsabove 6 ppm in 1995 and thistrendwas also apparent,althoughto a lesserextent,in 1997. Neverthelessp,lateleltevelswere well
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withinthenormal referencerangeinbothtimeperiods.This associatioinsnot supported by a 90 day subchronictoxicitsytudywhich showed no declineinplatelectountsfor monkeys fed0.5,1.5or4.5 mg/kg forup to90 days [Goldenthal1,978b]. Mean platelet countsamong the 1.5mg/kg/day and 0.5mg/kglday dosegroups were 226 and 231 (103/CMM) compared to218 in thecontrolgroup [Goldenthal1,978b]. There were no platelectountsreportedinthe90 day ratstudyalthoughattheend of 3 months of study therewere slightomoderate decreasesinhemoglobin,hematocritand erythrocytceounts observedformale and female ratsinthe 100 ppm dose group [Goldenthal,1978a]. No consistenatssociationwsere observedbetween PFOS and hemoglobin,hematocritor RBC valuesinthepresentepidemiologicinvestigationI.n a priorsubchronicrhesus monkey studythatwas abortedearlydue toallanimalsdiedby the20'hday,mean platelet countswere 203,219, 136,172 and 185 forthe300 mg/kgtday,100 mglkg/day,30 mgtkg/day,10 mg/kg/day and controlgroups,respectivel[yGoldenthal1,979].
Aftercontrollinfgorage,a confounderformale testosteronheormone levels[Dali etal.,1981;Griffinand Wilson,1994],we observedno significanatssociationwsith serum PFOS measurements. We didobservea quadraticassociatiobnetween estradiol and PFOS. Upon furtherexamination,thisfindingwas influencedby one particular employee who had thehighestPFOS levelbutwas confounded by theindividual'lsarge body mass index.Exclusionof thisemployee resultedinnonsignificanftindingsT.hus, any interpretatiwointhestradioilsdifficulbtecauseof theinfluencethisone employee has on thestatisticaanlalyses.
Itshouldbe notedthatperfluorooctanoaiccid(PFOA), atapproximately50 - 100 ppm levelsinserum,enhances thearomataseconversionof testosteronteoestradioiln the
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rat[Cook etal.,1992;Biegeletal.,1995). However,PFOA productionworkersin CottageGrove with serum levelsup to30 ppm appearednotto have alteredserum estradiollevels[Olsenetal.,1998]. Again,likeHDL, thiswas a testablheypothesis among theAntwerp and Decaturemployees althoughtheirserum PFOA levelswere lowerthanCottageGrove employees. We di@notobserveany significanptositive associatiobnetween estradioalnd serum PFOA levelsin theseAntwerp and Decatur employees.
Severalmethodologicalissuesshouldbe consideredinevaluatingtheresultfsrom thisstudy. Firstt,hecross-sectiondaelsigndoes notallowfora directanalysisof the temporalitoyf an associationS.econd,thevoluntaryparticipatiroantesin medical surveillancweere not idealas among eligibleemployees we had 88 and 65 percent participatiionAntwerp for1995 and 1997,respectivelbyu,t only35 to40 percentin Decaturforbothyears. Third,giventhesuspectedlonghalf-lioffePFOS (atleasttwo years),itmay be conceivablethattheremay be some biologicaalccommodation tothe effectosfPFOS which would minimizethepossibiliotfyfindingan association.Fourth, itisknown in laboratoraynimalsthatPFOS concentratepsrimarilyin theliver.Serum measurementsof PFOS may notadequatelyreflecbtody burden. Fiftht,hetwo crosssectionalanalysescannotbe viewed as independentpopulationsas 61 employees were studiedin bothyears. This was due,inpart,to a largeturnoverof employees atboth plantsbetween examinations.Sixth,therecouldbe measurement errorinimportant confoundingvariablesA.nalysisof thedataof the61 subjectswho participateidn both yearsshowed thattherewas excellenctorrelatiofnortheconfoundingfactorsof BNE (r .92,p = .0001),self-reportaesdpectsof alcoholconsumption (r= .88,p = .0001)and
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ci-arettsemoking (r=.79,p=.0001). As expected,these61 employees'serum PFOS levelsforthetwo yearswere highlycorrelate(dr=.92,p = .0001).Seventh,thequality of medicalsurveillancdeata,priortoitsuseforstudyingan a priorihypothesisc,an often be evaluatedby whetherknown positiveassociationasreobserved. In thisregard,we observedvariousexpectedassociationisncludingcigarettsemoking and elevatedwhite bloodcellcountsand largebody mass indicesassociatedwithelevatedlivertransaminase levels[Olsenetal.,1991;Bums etal.,1997].Finallyt,hepulsatilneatureof some of the hormones studied(e.g.F,SH, LH, testosteronhea)s resulteidnpriorrecommendations thatmean hormone measurements shouldbe theresultof pooledblood from multiple samplestakenatshortinterval[sGoldzieheretal.,1976].In our studymultiplesamples were notfeasiblebecauseof thelow probabilitoyf employees voluntarilgyivingthree serum samples overa 45 -60 minute periodof time.
In summary, we conductedtwo cross-sectionalnalysesand did notobserve consistentassociationbsy plantlocationor timeforseveralhematologicalparameters, serum chemistriesand reproductivheormones with measured serum PFOS levelsin male fluorochemicalproductionemployees. Ninety-fivpeercentof theemployees had serum PFOS levelsbelow 6 ppm. Our findingssuggestthat,among theseAntwerp and Decatur male fluorochemicalproductionemployees,significanhtematologicalc,linicaclhemistry and hormonal abnormalitiewsere not associatedwithserum PFOS concentrationlsess than6 ppm. Any inferencesderivedfrom thefew employees withserum PFOS levels> 6 ppm would be tenuous,atbest. Limitationsofthisstudyincludeitscross-sectional design,thevoluntaryparticipatiroantes,thefew subjectsexposed atthehighestlevels,
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and thelower levelsof serum PFOS measured among theseemployees compared tothose thatcaused effectsintwo speciesof laboratoryanimals.
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Acknowledgements The authorsgratefullaycknowledgetheassistancoefMicheleBurlew,Martha McGough, Jane Quarfothand thehelpfulcomments of brs.John Butenhoff,Marvin Case and Andrew Seacat.
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Table I Distributioonf Employees by Year,Locationand PFOS ExposureI-evel(ppm)
AllEmRloyees
PFOS
N (%)
N
0 -< Ippm
45 25
I-< 3 ppm
91 51
3 - < 6 ppm
35 20
>= 6 RRm
7
4
178 (100)
1995 Data
AntweM
(%)
N
34 39
32 36
19 22
3
3
88 (100)
Decatur
(%)
N
11 12
59 66
16 18
44
90 (100)
AllEmployees
(%)
N
60 40
63 43
21 14
5
3
149 (100)
1997 D
Antwe (%) 31 25 9 0 65
Table 2 Mean, Median, StandardDeviationand Range of Study Parameters,Both Locations,1995 and 1
Variable PFOS Age
Alcohol BMI
Cigarettes Alk Phos
GGT AST ALT T. Bilirubin D. Bilirubin
Mean 2.19 40.6 0.7 26.6
6.3 86.2 44.4 27.6 45.9 0.72 0.21
1995 Data
Median 1.70 40.0
Std Dev 1.87 8.76
0.1
1.1
25.8
5.1
0.0
10.7
85.0
24.6
36.0
32.1
26.0
10.9
42.0
18.6
0.70
0.37
0.20
0.05
BAnge 0-12.83
21-60 0-6.0 17.9-60.7 0-40 31-191 2-293 13-96 18-183 0.20-2.90 0.10-0.40
1997 Data
Mean 1.75
Median Stc 1.30
39.3 0.5
40.0 0.1
27.1
26.0
6.1
0.0
79.8
77.0
31.6
.24.0
26.2
25.0
32.6
30.0
0.67
0.60
0.13
0.10
Variable BUN
Creatinine Glucose
Cholesterol LDL HDL
Triglycerides Hematocrit Hemoglobin RBC MCH MCHC mcv WBC Platelets
Mean 15.9 1.0 86.7
215.9 136.6 48.5 151.0 46.3 15.3
4.9 31.1 33.1 93.7
6.9 226.4
Median 15.0 1.0 85.0
214.0 134.0 48.0 126.0 47.0 15.3
4.9 31.0 33.0 94.0 6.6 223.0
Std Dev 3.8 0.2 18.8 42.5 39.1 12.7 99.9 2.7 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.7 4.9 1.9 45.4
Ranpc
Table 2 (Continued)
8-26
0.6-1.6
60-260
100-340
28-261
.23-94
34-651
38.3-52.0
13-17.4
4.0-5.74
26.0-36.9
31.3-34.7
79.7-114.6
3.6-15.5
122-367
Mean 14.4 0.9 90.7
211.2 135.3 45.5 156.5 45.8 15.4
5.1 30.5 33.6 90.7 6.5 225.7
Median St 14.0 0.9 86.0
213.0 135.0 45.0 122.0 46.0 15.5
4.8 31.0 34.0 91.0 6.2 230.0
Table 3
Mean Values of PFOS, Demographic,Serum Chemistryand Hematologic ParametersforAntwerp and Decatur,1995 and 1997 Examinations
Variable PFOS(ppm)
1995 Data
AntweEp
Decatur
1.93
2.44
1997 Data
Antwerp Decatur
1.48
1.96
Age
37***
45
33***
44
BNU
23.9*** 29.2
23.5*** 30.0
Cigarettes Alcohol
4.7*
7.9
1.3***
0.2
5.5
6.6
1.1***
0.1
Alk Phosphatase 75***
97
70***
87
GGT
41
48
26*
36
AST
26*
29
27
26
ALT
44
47
31
34
Totalbilirubin 0.86*** 0.58
0.80*** 0.58
Directbilirubin 0.22
0.21
0.15***
0.12
BUN Creatinine
17.0*** 14.8
0.9***
1.1
14.9
14.1
0.9**
1.0
Glucose
81***
92
81***
98
Cholesterol
214
218
206
215
LDL
138
136
134
137
HDL
54***
43
Triglycerides
115***
187
50***
42
111***
192
Table 3 (continued)
Variable
1995 Data
AntweER
Decatur
Hematocrit
47***
46
Hemoglobin
15.4
15.2
RBC
4.9
5.0
MCH
31.4*** 30.7
MCHC
32.9*** 33.4
NWC
95.7*** 91.8
WBC
6.4***
7.5
Platelets p <.05;
224
229
p <.Ol; ***p<.001
1997 Data AntweEp Decatur
46*
45
15.4
15.3
5.1
5.1
30.5
30.4
33.3*** 33.7
91.6*
90.0
6.5
6.4
237*
217
Table 4
CorrelatioCnoefficientBsetween PFOS and SelectedVariablesby Locationand Year of Examin
Variable Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes BUN Creatinine
1995 Data
Both Locations Antwerp
.12
.10
.09
.25*
.01
-.14
.14
.19
-.05
-.04
.05
-.37
Decatur .04 .06 -.05 .08 .01 .28**
1997 Data
Both Locations Antweip
.20
.41
.10
.40*
.18*
.22
-.03
.08
.01
.13
.08
-.12
Glucose
-.02
-.17
-.02
.10
.04
AlkalinePhosphatase .06
.07
-.06
.07
.09
GGT
.01
.02
-.04
AST
.06
.06
.0002
.07
.26
.003
.03
Variable ALT
1995 Data
Both Locations AntweEp
-.01
-.03
TotalBilirubin -.15*
-.13
DirectBilirubin -.03
-.13
Cholesterol
-.02
.02
LDL
.01
.02
HDL
17*
-.14
Triglycerides
.04
.11
Hematocrit
.002
.10
Hemoglobin
-.01
.05
Red Blood Cells -.03
-.I 1
MCH
.04
.21*
Table 4 (continued)
Decatur -.03
1997 Data
Both Locations Antwe!p
.16*
.11
-.07
-.13
-.12
.09
-.18
-.13
-.08
.25**
.34**
.02
.22**
.30*
-.12
-.07
-.05
-.10
.10
.39***
-.0003
-.16*
-.05
-.02
-.15
-.05
.01
-.11
-.15
-.04
-.04
.17
Variable MCHC
1995 Data
Both Locations Antwerp
-.03
-.11
mcv
.05
.25*
White Blood Cells .18*
.27**
Platelets
15*
-.06
p<.05; **p<.Ol; p <.001
Table4 (continued)
Decatur -.09
1997 Data
Both Locations Antwerp
.01
-.03
-.01
-.03
.20
.04
.01
.18
-.25*
11
-.06
Table 5
Mean, Median, StandardDeviation(SD) of Mean and Range of PFOS, Demographic,Serum Chemistriesan forAntwerp and DecaturEmployees Combined, 1995 (N=178) and 1997 (N=147)
PFOS*
(ppm)
Mean
1995 Data
Median
SD
Range
1997 D
Mean
Median
0 -< Ippm 1 -< 3ppm 3 - < 6ppm
6ppm
0.49'
0.5
0.27
1.82'
1.77
0.58
4.12'
3.97
0.81
8.17'
7.73
2.52
F value 321.9,p <'.0001
PFOS(ppm)
000-0.90 1.00-2.91 3.00-5.80 6.06-12.83
0.52' 1.78' 3.87' 7.20' F value
0.52 1.64 3.'59 6.68 367.6,p <.0001
0 -< Ippm
37
36
8
1 - < 3 ppm
42'
41
9
3 - < 6 ppm
40
40
7
6 ppm
45
43
7
F value= 3.7,p = .02
Age (yrs)
21-58 25-60 26-55 37-56
36
34
42'
41
41
42
42
45
F value= 5.1,p = .002
PFOS (ppm)
0 -< lppm I -< 3 ppm 3 -< 6 ppm
6ppm
0-< Ippm 1-<3ppm 3 - < 6 ppm > 6 ppm
0 -< Ippm I-< 3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm
6 ppm
1995 Data
Mean
Median
SD
0.8
0.6
0.9
0.5
0.1
0.7
1.2
0.3
1.9
0.7
0.0
1.1
F value 4.0,p .009
Table5 (continued)
1997 Data
Range
Mean
Median
Alcohol(drinks/day)
0.0 3.6 0.0-3.6 0.0-6.0 0.0-2.9
0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 F value
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.8,p =.15
25.5
24.8
27.7
26.3
24 .93
25.0
27.7
29.4
F value 3.7,p .0@
BMI (k m')
4.2
17.9-38.7
5.8
19.6-60.7
3.8
17.9-32.5
4.2
20.6-33.0
26.0 27.7 27.3 30.8 F value
24.9 26.4 27.9 29.7 2.1,p =.10
2.6 6.8 10.6 0.4 F value
0.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 4.8,p =.003
Cigarette(sperday)
6.4
0.0-25.0
11.3
0.0-40.0
12.4
0.0-40.0
1.1
0.0-3.0
4.7
0.0
8.2
0.0
4.1
0.0
6.0
0.0
F value= 1.5,p .23
1995 Data
PFOS
(ppm)
Mean
Median
SD
0 -< Ippm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm
6 ppm
16.5
15
3.5
15.4
15.0
4.0
16.4
16.0
3.7
15.1
14.0
4.2
F value 1.1,p = .36
0 -< Ippm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm
6 ppm
1.0
1.0
0.2
1.0
1.0
0.2
0.9
0.9
0.2
1.1
1.2 -
0.3
F value 2.3,p = .08
0 -< I ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm
6 ppm
85
85
15
86
86
22
84
83
12
84
83
14
F value= 0.9,p =.44
Table5 (continued)
Range
1997 Dat
Mean
Median
BUN
11 -26 8.0-26.0 10.0-23.0 10.0-21.0
14.5 14.2 15.0 13.8 F value
0.5,p
14.0 14.0 15.0 12.0 0.67
Creatinine
0.7-1.6 0.7-1.6 0.7-1.2 0.6-1.6
0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 F value
0.4,p
0,9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.78
Glucose
66-170 60-260 66-114 71-105
87 93 95 89 F value
0.6,p
85 84 89 88 .59
PFOS --Ppm)
0-< I ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm
6 ppm
0 -< Ippm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm @t6 ppm
0 -< Ippm 1-<3ppm 3-<6ppm
6 ppm
Table5 (continued)
1995 Data
1997 D
Mean
Median
SD
Range
Mean
Median
80
78
89
89
86
85
88
85
F value 1.3,p .28
AlkalinePhosphatase
22
31-158
77
73
27
49-191
83
79
21
32-124
76
74
24
63-136
88
84
F value 1.17, p .32
43 47 40 43 F value
31 36 39 33 0.5,p =.71
GGT
28
16-155
28
22
39
2-293
36
25
15
21-80
28
27
18
28-79
33
37
F value 1.1,p = .34
27
25
29
26
25
24
33
33
F value- 1.8,p 14
AST
13
15-96
27
25
12
14-90
26
25
5
13-37
25
23
6
26-43
29
28
F value 0.5,p =.67
PFOS (ppm)
0 - < 1 ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - < 6 ppm @t6 ppm
0 -< I ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 -< 6 ppm
6 ppm
0 -< Ippm I -<3 ppm 3 -< 6 ppm
6 ppm
Table5 (continued)
1995 Data
1997 D
Mean
Median
SD
Range
Mean
Median
48 46 42 51 F value
43 42 41 49 1.0,p =.38
ALT
20
27-118
31
30
21
18-183
33
29
7
30-59
34
31
17
29-82
41
45
F value 0.9,p =.46
0.88 0.66' 0.64' 0.76 F value
4.4,p
0.70 0.60 0.60 0.70 .005
TotalBilirubin
0.50
0.40-2.90
0.77
0.60
0.30
0.20-1.50
0.61'
0.60
0.28
0.20-1.40
0.63
0.50
0.23
0.50-1.20
0.58
0.50
F value 2,9,p .04
0.22
0.20
0.21
0.20
0.21
0.20
0.20
0.20
F value= 0.6,p =.58
DirectBilirubin
0.05
0.02-0.40
0.15
0.10
0.06
0.10-0.40
0.12'
0.10
0.04
0.20-0.30
0.12
0.10
0.02
0.100.30
0.10
0.10
F value= 3.5,p =.02
PFOS (ppm)
0 - <1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm 2!6 ppm
0 - <1 ppm 1 -<3ppm 3 - <6 ppm 2t6 ppm
0 -<1 ppm I-<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm @t6 ppm
0 -<1 ppm I-<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm
6 ppm
1995 Data
Mean
Median
SD
219
215
47
216
213
43
214
214
35
213
221
36
F value 0.1,p =.96
Table5 (continued)
1997 Da
Range
Mean
Median
Cholesterol
100-340 118-315 128-278 160-251
198
197
216
219
229'
224
229
238
F value= 4.3,p =.006
140 134 137 142 F value
137 134 135 136 0.2,p =.87
53 48 45 45 F value
53 47 46 46 2.9,p =.04
129
96
161
133
158
142
132
151
F value= 1.1,p =.35
LDL
43
29-261
124
128
40
44-234
141
134
34
65-190
148'
142
32
95-178
145
156
F value= 3.7,p =.Ol
HDL
13
31-94
46
48
13
26-94
44
45
11
23-74
48
47
9
34-61
40
38
F value= 1.1,p =.34
Ttip,lycerides
98
41-622
107
41-651
88
34-413
45
64-187
148
107
156
122
166.
158
220
191
F value= 0.5,p =.67
PFOS (ppm)
0 - <1 ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 -<6 ppm > 6 ppm
0 -<1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 -<6 ppm
6 ppm
0 - <1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 -<6 ppm
6 ppm
1995 Data
Mean
Median
SD
47
47
2
46
46
3
47
47
2
47
48
2
F value 2.4,p =.07
Table5 (continued)
1997 E
Range
Mean
Median
Hematocrit
43-51 38-52 41-52 44-49
46 45 46 45 F value
46 46 44 44 2.1,p =.I I
15.5 15.2 15.5 15.5 F value
15.5 15.2 15.5 15.4 2.2,p =.10
5.0
5.0
4.9
4.9
5.0
5.o
5.0
4.9
F value=0.4,p = .75
Hemoglobin
0.7
14.0-16.7
15.5
15.5
1.0
13.0-17.4
15.4
15.5
0.8
13.6-17.4
15.0
14.7
0.7
14.7-16.2
15.1
15.0
F value 1.8,p 15
RBC
0.3
4.3-5.7
5.1
5.2
0.3
4.3-5.7
5.0
5.1
0.2
4.6-5.5
5.0
5.0
0.5
4.0-5.7
5.0
4.9
F value= 1.4,p = .25
PFOS (ppm)
0 - <1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm @ 6 ppm
0 - <1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm
6 ppm
0 -<1 ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm @t6 ppm
1995 Data
Mean
Median
SD
31.3
31.2
1.6
30.9
30.9
1.4
31.2
31.3
1.5
31.2
30.5
2.8
F value 0.9,p =.45
Table5 (continued)
1997 D
Range
Mean
Median
MCH
27.7-34.3 26.4-34.3 26.0-33.6 28.2-36.9
30.4
30.3
30.6
30.5
30.2
31.2
30.5
30.5
F value= 0.6,p .65
33.1
33.2
33.2
33.1
33.1
32.6
33.1
33.3
F value= 0.2,p = .90
94
95
93
94
94
94
94
92
F value= 1.1,p =.35
MCHC
0.7
31.9-34.7
33.6
33.6
0.6
31.7-34.5
33.6
33.6
0.7
31.3-34.3
33.5
33.5
0.6
32.2-34.0
33.9
33.9
F value 0.7,p =.56
mcv
5.2
85-106
4.3
80-104
4.8
81-104
9.7
85-115
90
90
91
91
90
91
90
91
F value= 0.6,p =.59
PFOS
(ppm)
Mean
1995 Data
Median
SD
Table5 (continued)
Range
Mean
1997 D Median
0 -<1 ppm 1 -<3 ppm 3 -<6 ppm 2:6 ppm
6.1
6.0
7.0'
6.8
7.6'
6.9
7.0
6.9
F value= 4.3,p =.006
WBC
1.3
4.1-9.4
2.0
3.6-15.5
2.2
4.1-13.3
0.6
6.4-7.8
6.1 6.9 6.2 6.2 F value
5.8 6.6 6.1 7.1 2.2,p =.09
0 - <1 ppm I-<3 ppm 3 - <6 ppm
6 ppm
226
224
229
224
228
226
185
182
F value= 2.1,p =.10
Platelets
40
159-309
47
122-367
45
132-344
50
132-277
227 229 220 199 F value
0.6,p
220 223 221 191 0.60
1.Mean issignificantdliyfferen(tp<.05,Bonferroni(Dunn) testt)hanthemean oftheotherPFOS categories. 2. Mean issignificantdliyfferen(tp<.05,Bonferroni(Dunn)testt)hanthemean of0 -< I ppm PFOS category. 3. Mean issignificantdliyfferen(tp<.05,Bonfeffoni(Dunn)testt)hanthemean of I -< 3 ppm category.
Sample Size 0 -<1 ppm 1 - <3 ppm 3 -<6 ppm 2:6 ppm
1995 Data 45 91 35 7
1997 Data 60 63 21 5
Table 6
Mean, Median (Med),StandardDeviation(SD) ofMean and Range of PFOS, Demographic, Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalValues by PlantLocation,1995
PFOS* (I)R
Antwerp Mean Med SD
Range
1995 Data Mean
Decatur Med SD
Range
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
PFOS
0.46' 0.45 0.29 0.00-0.90 0.60' 0.63 0.19 0.25-0.88
1.69' 1.50 0.57 1.00-2.90 1.89' 1.89 0.58 1.00-2.91
3.96' 3.70 0.79 3.00-5.60 4.31' 4.23 0.82 3.11-5.80
8.171 8.50 1.92 6.10-9.90 8.17' 6.90 3.20 6.06-12.83
F value= 241.0,p =.0001
F value= 114.5,p = .0001
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
Age
36 36 7
21-52
40 39 11 29-58
36 34 9
25-60
46 46 7
30-58
37 37 7
28-51
44 44 7
26-55
40 37 6
37-47
48 47 7
42-56
F value= 0.5,p =.71
F value= 2.0,p =.12
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
1.0 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 2.0 1.3 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.1
F value= 2.9,p
Alcohol
0.0-3.6
0.1 0.0
0.0-3.6
0.2 0.0
0.0-6.0
0.4 0.0
@0.7- 2.9
0.0 0.0
.04
F value=
0.3 0.0-0.9 0.4 0.0-2.0 0.9 0.0-3.4 0.0 0.0-0.1 1.1,p =.37
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
BMI 24.1 24.3 2.4 17.9-28.1 24.3 23.8 2.4 19.6-31.6 23.1 23.0 3.3 17.9-31.4 23.7 24.7 2.8 20.6-25.8 F value= 0.9, p =.47
30.1 28.0 5.3 29.6 28.3 6.2 27.0 27.5 3.4 30.7 30.2 1.6 F value= 1.1,p = .35
22.8-38.7 22.3-60.7 19.1-32.5 29.4-33.0
PFOS (PRM)
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
AntwerR Mean Med SD
Table 6 (continued)
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD Range
3.0 0.0 4.1 0.0 9.13 7.5 1.0 0.0 F= 3.1, p
7.0 7.0 9.0 1.7 .03
Cigarettes
0-25
1.4 0.0 3.8
0-23
8.3 0.0 12.9
0-25
12.5 0.0 15.7
0-3
0
0.0 0
F value= 2.3,p = .09
0-13 0-40 0-40 0-0
75 75 16 73 66 19 79 78 20 74 74 11 F value = 0.5,p =.69
AlkalinePhoRhatase
31-104
96 99 29
49-108
98 95 27
32-12195 95 96 18
63-85
98 91 27
F value= 0.1,p = .98
47-158 49-191 58-124. 73-136
39 29 22 48 30 58 34 34 11 31 32 3 F value= 0.7, p =.55
GGT 16-111 12-293 21-55 28-33
55 41 41 46 40 24 47 48 16 52 49 20 F value= 0.5,p = .71
21-155 2-118 21-80 30-79
AST
26 23 13 15-96
27 26 14 14-90
23 22 5
13-35
33 35 6
26-37
F value= 0.9, p =.45
32 31 9 29 27 10 27 26 5 34 32 7 F value= 0.9,p =.44
19-52 17-85 21-37 28-43
PFOS (ppm)
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
Table 6 (continued)
AntweER Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD
Range
ALT
46 42 18 27-108
45 40 18 26-122
40 39 6
30-52
50 38 28 29-82
F value= 0.7,p =.59
55 47 24 47 42 22 43 42 9 52 53 8 F value= 0.8, p =.49
37-118 18-183 30-59 41-59
0.96 0.80 0.55 0.83. 0.80 0.26 0.75 0.70 0.30 0.93 0.90 0.25 F value = 1.2,p =.31
TotalBilirubin 0.40-2.90 0.65 0.60 0.16 0.40-1.30 0.57 0.50 0.28 0.30-1.40 0.51 0.50 0.18 0.70-1.20 0.63 0.65 0.10
F value= 0.7, p =.54
0.40-0.90 0.20-1.50 0.20-1.00 0.50-0.70
0.23 0.20 0.06 0.22 0.20 0.04 0.21 0.20 0.03 0.20 0.20 0.00 F value= 0.7,p =.55
DirectBilirubin 0.20-0.40 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.20-0.30 0.20 0.20 0.06 0.20-0.30 0.20 0.20 0.04 0.20-0.20 0.20 0.20 0.08
F value= 0.4,p =.74
0.20-0.20 0.10-0.40 0.20-0.30 0.10-0.30
17.0 17.0 3.6 16.7 16.0 3.8 17.3 17.0 3.8 17.3 21.0 6.4 F value = 0.1,p = .95
BUN 12.0-26.0 14.8 15.0 2.7 11.0-26.0 14.7 14.0 4.0 10.0-23.0 15.2 15.0 3.1 10.0-21.0 13.5 13.5 0.06
F value= 0.2,p = .87
11.0-21.0 8.0-24.0 10.0-23.0 13.0-14.0
Creatinine
1.0 0.9 0.2 0.8-1.6
1.1 1.1 0.2 0.7-1.3
0.9 0.9 0.1 0.7-1.1
0.93
0.9
0.1
0.7-1.0
1.1 1.1 0.2 0.9-1.6 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.8-1.2
0.8 0.8 0.2 0.6-0.9
1.3 1.3 0.2 1.2-1.6
F value= 4.7,p = .004
F value= 3.8,p = .01
PFOS (R]2m)
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
Table 6 (continued)
Antwelp Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD
Range
83 83 8
82 81
13
80 82 9
72 72 2
F value= 1.3,p =.29
Glucose
66-103
90 86 28
60-126
93 89 25
66-101
89 89 14
71-74
93 92 12
F value = 0.1,p = .94
66-170 67-260 66-114 83-105
220 219 50 206 211 49 217 215 30 223 221 16 F value= 0.6,p =.61
Cholesterol
100-340
215 208 39
118-315
221 218 39
178-266
209 213 42
208-240
206 206 47
F value= 0.5,p =.69
154-276 132-300 128-278 160-251
140 138 45 131 124 46 143 139 27 144 136 20 F value= 0.4,p =.76
LDL 29-261 44-220 99-189 130-168
139 130 38 136 136 36 131 128 41 139 142 42 F value = 0.1, p =.94
79-192 62-234 65-190 95-178
HDL
56 57 13 31-94
43 41 9
53 51 13 33-79
45 44 12
50 49 11 31-74
39 39 9
53 49 7
48-61
39 39 5
F value = 1.1, p =.35
F value= 1.4,p=.25
31-59 26-94 23-51 34-46
117 93 98 105 75 65 126 112 64 129 116 52 F value= 0.3,p =.81
Triglycerides
41-622
167 151 94
41-368
191 146 114
34-278
199 198 99
85-187
135 153 48
F value= 0.5,p =.67
62-307 61-651 78-413 64-168
PFOS (12vm)
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
Table 6 (continued)
AntweER Mean Med SD
RanLe
Decatur Mean Med SD
Range
Hematocrit
47 47 2
43-51
46 45 2
46 47 2
42 -51
45 45 3
48 47 2
44-51
46 46 3
47 48 1
46-48
46 46 2
F value= 1.5,p = 23.
F value= 0.3, p =.83
43-50 38-52 41-52 44-49
15.5 15.5 0.8 15.2 15.3 0.7 15.6 15.6 0.5 15.4 15.4 0.6 F value= 1.4,p =.26
Hemoglobin 14.0-16.7 15.5 15.4 0.7 13.8-16.6 15.1 15.1 1.1 14.6-16.7 15.3 15.3 1.0 14.8-16.0 15.5 15.6 0.8
F value= 0.7, p =.58
14.5-16.4 13.0-17.4 13.6-17.4 14.7- 16.2
RBC
4.9 5.0 0.3 4.3-5.7
5.1 5.1 0.2
4.9 4.9 0.2 4.3-5.4
4.9 4.9 0.3
5.0 5.0 0.2 4.7-5.3
5.0 4.9 0.3
4.7 4.9 0.6 4.0-5.2
5.2 5.1 0.4
F value= 0.9,p =.46
F value= 1.1,p = .35
4.8-5.5 4.3-5.7 4.6-5.5 4.8-5.7
MCH 31.5 31.3 1.5 27.7-34.3 31.2 31.0 1.2 29.5-34.3 31.5 31.9 1.2 29.1-33.3 33.0 32.5 3.7 29.6-36.9 F value= 1.4,p =.25
30.7 30.7 1.6 30.7 30.9 1.5 30.9 31.2 1.7 29.9 30.4 1.2 F value= 0.4,p =.74
28.7-33.5 26.4-33.1 26.0-33.6 28.2-30.7
32.9 33.0 0.6 32.9 32.8 0.6 32.8 32.7 0.7 32.6 32.4 0.5 F value= 0.4, p =.78
MCHC 31.9-34.5 31.7-33.8 31.3-34.2 32.2-33.1
33.8 33.9 0.6 33.3 33.3 0.5 33.4 33.4 0.6 33.5 33.4 0.3 F value= 2.2, p=.10
32.9-34.7 31.9-34.5 32.1-34.3 33.3-34.0
PFOS (ppm)
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
Table 6 (continued)
AntweEp Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD
Range
96 96 5 95 95 3 96 97 4 101 98 12 F value= 1.8,p =.16
mcv 85-106 90 - 10* 88-104 91-115
91 90 4 92 93 4 92 92 5 89 90 3 F value= 0.8,p =.50
85-99 80-100 81-101 85-92
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
WBC
5.9 5.7 1.3 4.1-9.4
6.8 6.9 1.1
6.1 6.1 1.3 3.8-8.8
7.5 7.0 2.2
7.5' 6.9 2.5 4.1-13.3 7.7 7.4 1.9
6.5 6.4 0.2 6.4-6.7
7.4 7.4 0.4
F value= 4.5, p = .006
F value= 0.5, p =.72
5.0-9.0 3.6-15.5 4.9-11.5 6.9-7.8
0 <1 1 <3 3 <6 >6
224 222 42
222 220 41 237 4 234 52 162 151 36 F value= 2.6, p =.06
Platelets
159-309
233 246 35
153-318
233 225 50
132-344
218 214 34
132-202
202 194 56
F value= 1.0,R =.40
162-271 122-367 172-287 143-277
*Sample sizes:
FC95 Level Antwelp
0 < Ippm
34
1 < 3 ppm
32
3 < 6 ppm
19
2!6 ppm
3
88
Decatur 11 59 16 4 90
1. Significantdliyfferen(tp<.05, Bonferroni(Dunn) t-testt)hantheremainingthreePFOS exposure categories. 2. Significantdliyfferen(tp< .05,Bonferroni(Dunn) t-testt)hanthe0 -< I ppm and theI < 3 ppm categories. 3. Significantdliyfferen(tp<.05,Bonfeffoni(Dunn) t-testt)hanthe0 - < I ppm category. 4. Significantldyifferen(tp < .05,Bonfeffoni(Dunn) t-testt)hanthe 3 -< 6 ppm category.
Table 7
Mean, Median (Med), StandardDeviation(SD) ofMean and Range of PFOS, Demographic, Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalValues by PlantLocation,1997
PFOS*
AntwerR Mean Med SD
1997 Data
Range
Mean
Decatur Med SD
Range
0 -< 1 I-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
PFOS
0.46' 0.37 0.27 0.10-0.94 0.60' 0.59 0.26 0.10-0.97
1.89' 1.79 0.61 1.02-2.89 1.71' 1.53 0.52 1.04-2.85
3.87' 3.66 0.59 3.22-4.83 3.87' 3.51 0.81 3.09-5.30
-
-
-
-
7.20' 6.68 1.59 6.05-9.93
F value = 195.3,p = .0001
Fvalue=218.1, p=.0001
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Age
29 28 6
37 3 37 9
37 3 37 3
-
-
-
21-50 24-63 32-40
-
43 44 9 45 45 8 45 44 4 42 45 9
23-62 31-62 36-54 29-52
F value = 10.4,p = .0001
F value = 0.5, p =.69
Alcohol
0.8 0.5 1.0 0.0-4.3
0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1-2.0
1.0 0.7 1.1 0.0-5.0 2.23 1.4 2.3 0.0-7.1
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1-0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1-0.3
-
-
-
0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1-0.8
F value = 4.3, p =.02
F value = 0.8, p =.49
22.9 21.9 2.1 24.2 23.9 2.8
23.6 24.9 3.1
-
-
-
F value = 2.0,p =.15
BNU 20.2-28.3 29.3 28.9 4.9 18.1-30.4 30.0 29.0 6.0 19.2-28.3 30.0 29.3 3.0
30.8 29.7 4.0 F value= 0.2,p =.91
22.4-41.7 20.2-48.5 25.4-36.0 26.1-36.2
PFOS ipp-M)
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3-<6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 7 (continued)
AntweIR Mean Med SD Range
Decatur Mean Med SD Range
4.2 0.0
7.3 2.0
5
0.0
-
-
F = 1.3,p
6.7 8.1 7.8 -
.28
Ci,earettes
0-20
5.3 0.0 11.6 0-40
0-20
8.7 0.0 13.0 0-40
0-20
3.3 0.0 9.0 0-30
-
6.0 0.0 13.4 0-30
F value= 0.8,p =.51
AlkalinePhOsRhatase
69 68 14 49-110
86 84 16 55-132
74 74 16 41-113
88 83 26 41-163
64 59 24 29-120
-
--
-
85 83 15 61-109 88 84 18 65-114
F value= 1.5,p =.22
F value= 0.1,p = .96
GGT
21 17 10 10-50
34 24 34 10-144
25 22 10 14-43
-
-
-
-
F value= 2.5,p .09
36 32 25 37 27 33 31 28 15 33 37 12 F value= 0.2,p =.91
13-142 13-179 13-71 17-48
AST
27 26 7
27 25 7
25 24 4
-
-
17-53 15-48 19-30
-
F value= 0.2,p =.80
26 25 7
13-48
26 25 7
18-56
25 23 9
14-43
29 28 3
26-34
F value= 0.4,p = .77
PFOS (R]2
0 -< 1 I-< 3 3-<6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
Table 7 (continued)
AntweER Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD Range
ALT
30 25 12 13-60
33 31 16 13-87
28 23 10 14-46
-
--
-
F value= 0.6,p = .58
33 31 11 33 28 16 38 33 21 41 45 10 F value= 0.9,p =.45
17-57 10-89 17-82 25-49
TotalBilirubin
0.90 0.80 0.46 0.40-2.30 0.63 0.60 0.30 0.30-1.40
0.68 0.70 0.23 0.30- 1.30 0.56 0.50 0.18 0.30-1.00
0.79 0.70 0.40 0.30- 1.30 0.51 0.50 0.16 0.30-0.90
-
--
-
0.58 0.50 0.24 0.40-1.00
F value= 2.3,p = .11
F value= 1.0,p = .41
DirectBilirubin
0.16 0.20 0.08 0.10-0.40 0.13 0.10 0.06 0.10-0.30
0.13 0.10 0.05 0.10 - 0.20 0.11 0.10 0.03 0.10-0.20
0.14 0.10 0.05 0.10- 0.20
-
-
0.11 0.10 0.03 0.10-0.20 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.10-0.10
F value= 2.2,p =.12
F value= 1.3,p =.28
14.3 14.0 2.1
BLTN 11.0-19.0
15.2 15.0 2.6
16.0 16.0 2.7
-
--
10.0-20.0 12.0-20.0
F value= 2.1, p =.13
14.7 14.0 3.3 9.0-21.0 13.5 13.5 3.5 6.0-26.0 14.3 14.0 3.0 9.0-19.0 13.8 12.0 4.1 9.0-19.0 F value= 0.7,p =.56
Creatinine
0.9 0.9 0.1 0.7-1.2
1.0 1.0 0.1
0.9 0.9 0.1 0.7-1.3
1.0 1.0 0.1
0.9 0.9 0.1 0.8-1.1
-
--
1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.9 0.2
F value= 0.3,p = .76
F value= 0.2,p =.89
0.6-1.2 0.7-1.3 0.7-1.1 0.8-1.4
PFOS (12R
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 -3-<6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-< 6 >6
Table 7 (continued)
Antwerp Mean Med SD Ran&e
Decatur Mean Med SD Range
81 82 10 79 78 9
84 85 8
-
--
F value= 0.8,p =.47
Glucose
63-114
93 91 21
65 - lo@
102 89 47
74-96 -
103 93 30 89 88 7
F value= 0.5,p =
58-174 75-303 79-192 80-97 .67
193 190 41
213 205 48
228 223 38
-
--
F value= 2.9,p =.07
Cholesterol
110-277 204 208 38 145-277
116-365 218 226 39 152-290
192-321 -
230 230 23 229 238 26
197-280 186-250
F value= 2.0,p =.13
122 114 35 143 134 42
LDL 57-205 67-290
147 141 24
-
--
111-195 -
F value= 3.0,p =.06
127 133 33 139 135 35 149 144 25 145 156 26 F value= 1.6,p =.19
50-178 61-196
113-196 103-164
HDL
51 50 12 19-74
48 46 10 34-68
51 50 10 39-69
-
-
-
-
F value= 0.8,p =.47
42 41 9 42 41 10 45 45 10 40 38 4 F value= 0.5,p =.67
26-59 28-69 32-62 37-45
Tiijzlycerides
99 92 41 38-175
200 128 219 46-1209
112 95 58 44-290
185 147 124 63-534
150 122 88
-
--
65-362
179 183 98 220 191 83
45-394 149-352
F value= 2.9,p =.06
F value= 0.1,p = .95
PFOS (RR
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
0-< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 7 (continued)
AntweM Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD ---Ranae
Hematocrit
47 47 3
42-52
46 45 2
40-50
46 47 3
40-53
46 46 3
39-51
46 45 3 42-50
-
--
-
44 44 2 45 44 2
39-48 42-47
F value= 0.7,p =.51
F value= 1.6,p =.18
Hemoglobin
15.6 15.5 0.8 14.2-17.0 15.4 15.4 0.7 13.5-16.9
15.4 15.6 1.0 13.3-17.3 15.4 15.5 0.9 13.5-17.3
15.2 14.7 1.0 14.0-16.7 14.8 14.7 1.0 12.5-16.5
-
--
15.1 15.0 0.8 14.1-16.2
F value= 0.7,p =.48
F value= 1.7,p =.18
RBC
5.1 5.2 0.4 4.6-5.9 5.1 5.1 0.3 4.3-5.7
5.0 5.1 0.3 4.1-5.5 5.1 5.1 0.3 4.2-5.5
4.9 4.8 0.4 4.4-5.7 5.0 5.0 0.3 4.5-5.4
-
--
5.0 4.9 0.3 4.7-5.5
F value= 1.7,p =.19
F value= 0.4,p =.78
MCH
30.4 30.4 1.3 27.9-33.5 30.3 30.2 1.8 27.6-34.1
30.6 30.5 0.9 29.2-32.8 30.6 30.6 1.4 26.7-33.8
30.9 31.4 1.4
-
--
28.8-32.7 29.7 30.5 2.2 30.5 30.5 2.1
26.2-32.9 27.5-33.4
F value= 0.9,p =.40
F value= 1.0,p = .41
MCHC
33.4 33.4 0.5 32.2-34.0 33.8
33.3 33.2 0.5 31.8-34.1 33.8
33.4 33.5 0.5 32.4-34.3 33.6
-
--
33.9
F value= 0.6,p = .54
33.7 0.5 32.8-34.9 33.8 0.5 32.7-34.6 33.9 0.8 32.0-34.4 33.9 0.5 33.4-34.6 F value= 0.6,p =.62
PFOS (ppm)
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 7 (continued)
Antwerp Mean Med SD
Range
Decatur Mean Med SD Range
mcv
91 91 4
84-101
92 92 3
87-99
93 95 5
-
--
86-97 -
F value= 1.3,p =.29
90 89 5 91 90 4 88 89 5 90 91 6 F value= 0.9,p =.45
83-101 81-99 80-96 81-96
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
WBC
6.0 5.7 1.3 3.8-8.8
7.1 6.8 2.2 4.4-13.2
6.4 6.0 1.8 4.2-10.0
-
-
-
F value= 2.6,p = .08
6.3 5.9 1.6 6.7 6.6 1.6 6.1 6.1 1.3 6.2 7.1 1.5 F value= 0.8,p =.51
4.0-10.3 3.8-10.1 4.0-8.9 4.2-7.4
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3-<6 >6
Platelets
237 232 55 126-406
215 207 50 106-363
243 232 48 151-359 219 210 48 124-323
215 225 41
-
-
-
147-263 -
224 219 50 199 191 58
159-316 146-295
F value= 1.1.R = .35
F value= 0.3.p =.80
*Sample sizes:
FC95 Level Antwerp
0 -< I ppm
31
1 -< 3 ppm
25
3 -< 6 ppm
9
2:6 ppm
0
65
Decatur 29 38 12 5 84
1. Significantdliyfferen(tp<.05,Bonferroni(Dunn)t-test)hantheremainingthree PFOS exposurecategories. 2. Significantdliyfferen(tp< .05,Bonfeffoni(Dunn)t-testt)hanthe0 -< I ppm andthe I -< 3 ppm categories. 3. Significantdliyfferen(tp< .05,Bonferron(iDunn)t-testt)hanthe0 -< I ppm category.
Table 8
MultivariablReegressionof Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalParameters-Examinationof the Effectof PFOS AdjustingforAge, Alcohol,BNE and Cigarettes, Antwerp and DecaturData Combined, 1995 and 1997 Examinations
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol
BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 52.99 0.32
0.08 -5.43 1.04 0.85 R 2 = .26
1995 Data SE 11.14 0.89 0.20 1.53 0.34 0.15 Adj R2 = .24
AlkalinePhosl2hatase
]2value .0001 .72 .68 .0005 .002 .0()Ol
Parameter
40.87 0.19 0.45 -2.09 0.69 0.49 R 2 = .19
1997 Data
SE
]2value
9.60
.0001
1.03
.86
0.18
.01
1.61
.20
0.34
.04
0.15
.002
Adj R 2 = .16-
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 2.3816 0.0032 0.0040 0.0605 0.0372 0.0076 R 2 = .14
1995 Data
SE 0.2711 0.0217 0.0048 0.0373 0.0082 0.0038 Adj R 2 = .12
InGGT
R value .0001 .88 .41 .11 .0001 .05
Parameter 2.0471 0.0178 0.0036 0.0747 0.0365 0.0030 R'=.15
1997 Data SE 0.2592 0.0280 0.0049 0.0438 0.0091 0.0042 Adj R2 =.12
12value .0001 .53 .47 .09 .0001 .48
Intercept PFOS
Age Alcohol
BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 12.62
0.42 0.0005 0.70 0.54 -0.11 R 2 = .08
1995 Data
SE 5.52
0.44 0.10 0.76 0.17 0.08 Adj R 2 = .05
AST
R value .02 .35 .99 .36 .002 .14
Parameter 23.25 -0.11
-0.07 0.40 0.23 -0.07 R 2 =.04
1997 Data SE 3.50 0.38 0.07 0.59 0.12 0.06 Adj R 2 =.00
p value .0001 .77 .29 .50 .07 .20
Table8 (continued)
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 28.54 0.09
-0.18 -0.16
0.96 -0.14 R 2 = .08
1995 Data SE 9.46 0.76 0.17 1.30 0.29 0.13 Adj R 2 = .05
ALT
12value .003 91 .28 .90 .001 .28
Parameter 11.60
0.97 -0.19 0.31 1.00 -0.09 R2 =.13
1997 Data SE 6.78 0.73 0.13 1.14 0.24 0.11 Adj R 2 = .10
r)value .09 .19 .14 .79 .0001 .40
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNH Cijzarettes
Parameter 0.2742 -0.0984 0.0086 0.0052 0.0738 -0.0273 -0.0158 R 2 = .32
1995 Data SE 0.1958 0.0368 0.0039 0.0035 0.0268 0.0059 0.0028 Adj R 2 = .30
InTotalBilirubin
p value .16 .008 .03 .14 .007 .0001 .0001
Parameter -0.1395 -0.1620 0.0188 0.0015 0.1220 -0.0097 -0.0054 R'=.18
1997 Data SE 0.1945 0.05-15 0.0070 0.0037 0.0327 0.0068 0.0031 Adj R 2 = .14
12value .47 .002 .009 .70 .0003 .16 .09
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cijzarettes
Parameter 0.2196 -0.0009 0.0006 0.0074 -0.0012 -O.OW7 R 2 = .06
1995 Data SE 0.0259 0.0021 0.0005 0.0036 0.0008 0.0004 Adj R 2 .03
DirectBilirubin
R value .0001 .68
.17 .04 .13 .06
Parameter 0.1929 -0.0061 -0.0002 0.0106 -0.0017 -O.OW9 R'=.14
1997 Data
SE 0.0264 0.0029 0.0005 0.0045 0.0009 0.0004 Adj R 2 =.Il
12value .0001 .03 .69 .02 .07 .05
Table 8 (continued)
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Ci-garettes
Parameter 18.64 -0.02 -0.03 0.37 -0.05 -0.08 R 2 = .08
1995 Data
SE 1.94 0.15 0.03 0.27 0.06 .03Adj R 2 = .05
BUN
R value .0001 .91 .39 .17 .42 .004
Parameter 13.22 -0.08 0.08 0.50 -0.07 -0.05 R 2 =.Og
1997 Data SE 1.47 0.16 0.03 0.25 0.05 0.02 Adj R 2 = .06
p value .0001 .60 .005 .05 .20 .05
Intercept PFOS PFOS' Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 0.5744 -0.0223 0.0033 0.0059 -0.0260 0.0086 -0.0005 R 2 = .29
1995 Data SE 0.0779 0.0146 0.0016 0.0013 0.0106 0.0023 0.0011 Adj R 2 = .27
Creatinine
R value .0001 .13 .04 .0001 .02 .0003 .65
Parameter 0.9478 -0.0302 0.0055 0.0027 -0.0242 -0.0022 -0.0019 R'=.16
1997 Data SE 0.0602 0.0159 0.0022 0.0012 0.0101 0.0021 0.0010 Adj R 2 =.13
R value .0001 .06 .01 0.02 .02 .30 .05
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter
3.8943 -0.0039 0.0045 -0.0026 0.0143 -O.OW3 R 2 = .31
1995 Data SE 0.0732 0.0058 0.0013 0.0101 0.0022 0.0010 Adj R 2 = .29
In Glucose
R value .0001 .51 .0006 .79 .0001 .78
Parameter 3.8597 0.0014 0.0025 -0.0068 0.0195 -0.0013 R 2 =.30
1997 Data SE 0.0919 0.0098 0.0017 0.0154 0.0032 0.0015 Adj R 2 .27
R value .0001 .89 .15 .66 .0001 .39
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 190.1 -0.99 0.74 -0.40 -0.04
-0.18 R 2 = .02
Table8 (continued)
1995 Data SE 22.1 1.77 0.39 3.04 0.67 0.31 AdjR'=.00
Cholesterol
R value .0001 .58 :06 .90 .95 .56
Parameter 155.5 4.66 1.39 7.50 -0.40 -0.08 R'=.17
1997 Data SE 19.0 2.04 0.36 3.18 0.67 0.30 Adj R 2 =.14
R value .0001 .02 .0002 .02 .55 .80
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 135.26 0.50 0.58 -3.33 -6.67 -0.52 R 2 = .05
1995 Data SE 20.27 1.61
0.36 2.78 0.61 0.28 Adj R 2 = .02
LDL
R value .0001 .76 .11 .23 .28 .07
Parameter 114.69 4.01 1.04 4.29 -1.09 -0.02 R 2 = .13
1997 Data SE 17.06 1.82 0.32 2.84 0.60 0.28 Adj R 2 = .10
p value .0001 .03 .002 .13 .07 .95
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Ci%zarettes
Parameter 70.82 -1.17 -0.11 3.53 -0.63 -0.17 R 2 = .28
1995 Data SE
5.73 0.46 0.10 0.79 0.17 0.08 Adj R 2 .26
HDL
R value .0001 .01 .27 .0001 .0004 0.03
Parameter 66.71 -0.22 0.12 2.01 -0.95 -0.16 R 2 = .29
1997 Data
SE
R value
4.52
.0001
0.49
.65
0.09
.17
0.76
.009
0.16
.0001
0.07
.03
Adj R 2 .26
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter
-103.29 -1.78 1.54 -0.43
6.71 2.70 R 2 = .24
Table8 (continued)
1995 Data SE 45.97 3.68 0.82 6.32 1.39 0.64 Adj R' = .22
Tri-glycerides
12value .03 .63 .06 95 .0001 .0001
Parameter -187.99 -0.33 1.37 14.68 10.06 1.87 R' = .23
1997 Data SE 58.18
6.28 1.11
9.82 2.05 0.94 Adj R 2 = .20
p value .002 .96 .22 .14 .0001 .05
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 48.01 -0.06 0.0005 0.10 -0.08 0.05 R' = .08
1995 Data
SE 1.36 0.11 0.02 0.19 0.04 0.02 Adj R 2 = .05
Hematocrit
p value .0001 .57 .98 .58 .06 .007
Parameter 46.73 -0.25 -0.03 0.15 0.01 0.04 R 2 = .08
1997 Data SE 1.28 0.14 0.02 0.22 0.05 0.02 Adj R 2 = .04
D value .0001 .07 .20 0.50 0.75 .04
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 15.78 -0.02 0.004 -0.02 -0.03 0.02 R 2 = .06
Hemoglobin
1995 Data
1997 Data
SE
p value
Parameter SE
R value
0.45
.0001
15.43
0.43
.0001
0.04
.53
-0.08
0.05
.07
0.008
.57
-0.006
0.01
.46
0.06
.77
0.01
0.07
.85
0.01
.06
0.008
0.02
.59
0.006
.02
Adj R 2 .03
0.02 R 2 = .06
0.007
.03
Adj R 2 .03
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cijzarettes
Parameter 4.8766 -0.0026
-0.0022 -0.0323 0.0069 -0.0006 R 2 = .()4
Table 8 (continued)
RBC
1995 Data
SE
12value
0.1559
.0001
0.0123
.83
0.0028
.42
0.0213
:13
0.0047
.14
0.0022
.77
Adj R 2 .0.1
Parameter 5.1416 -0.0208 -0.0068 -0.0111 0.0089 -0.0025 R 2 = .06
1997 Data SE 0.1626 0.1756 0.0031 0.0274 0.0057 0.0026 Adj R' .02
p value .0001 .24 .03 .69 .12 .35
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 32.292 -0.015 0.23 0.189 -0.093 0.0347 R 2 = .20
1995 Data SE 0.725 0.058 0.013 0.099 0.022 0.010 Adj R 2 = .18
MCH
R value .0001 .79 .08 .06 .0001 .001
Parameter 30.062 -0.047 0.028 0.095 -0.035 0.046 R 2 = .13
1997 Data SE 0.706 0.076 0.013 0.119 0.025 0.011 Adj R 2 = .10
R value .0001 .54 .04 .43 .16 .0001
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 32.8525 -0.0015 0.0097 -0.1121 -0.0006 -0.0041 R 2 = .07
1995 Data SE 0.3341 0.0266 0.0059 0.0458 0.0100 0.0047 Adj R 2 .05
MCHC
p value .0001 .96 .11 .02 .95 .39
Parameter 33.0109 -0.0092 0.0101 -0.0589 0.0072 0.0016 R 2 .07
1997 Data SE 0.2675 0.0289 0.0051 0.0451 0.0094 0.0043 Adj R 2 =.04
p value .0001 .75 .05 .19 .45 .72
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 98.29 -0.03 0.04 0.88 -0.28 0.12 R 2 = .23
Table8 (continued)
1995 Data SE 2.29 0.18 0.04 0.31 0.07 0.03 Adj R 2 = .21
mcv
p value .0001 .88 .33 :01 .0001 .0005
Parameter 90.91
-0.09 0.06 0.49 -0.12 0.13 R 2 = .15
1997 Data SE 1.98 0.21 0.04 0.33 0.07 0.03 Adj R'=.12
r)value .0001 .67 .15 .14 .08 .0001
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 272.49 -3.37 -0.88 -4.80 -0.04 0.21 R 2 =.06
1995 Data SE 23.37 1.86 0.41 3.20 0.70 0.33 Adj R 2 = .03
Platelets
R value .0001 .07 .04 .14 .95 0.52
Parameter 260.92 -2.91 -0.25 2.37 -0.73 -0.30 R 2 = .03
1997 Data SE 25.27 2.73 0.48 4.26 0.89. 0.41 Adj R 2 = .00
R value .0001 .29 .61 .58 .41 .46
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 3.9538 0.0893 0.0214 -0.0860 0.0492 0.1009 R 2 = .36
1995 Data SE 0.8120 0.0646 0.0144 0.1111 0.0244 0.0115 Adj R 2 = .34
WBC
R value .0001 .17 .14 .44 .05 .()()Ol
Parameter 5.1296 -0.0048
0.0139 0.2471 0.0045 0.0878 R 2 = .33
1997 Data SE 0.6927 0.0748 0.0132 0.1169 0.0244
0.0111 Adj R 2 = .31
p value .0001 .95 .30 .04 .86 .0001
Table 9
MultivariablReegressionofTotalBilirubinD,irectBilirubinC,reatininCeholesterolL,DL, HDL, Heamtocrit,Hemoglobin and Platelet-sExaminationof theEffectof PFOS AdjustingforAge, Alcohol,BNH and Cigarettesb,y Location,1995 and 1997
InTotalBilirubi-nBoth Locations
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BM Cigarettes
Parameter 0.2742
-0.0984 0.0086 0.0052 0.0738 -0.0273 -0.0158 R 2 = .32
1995 Data SE 0.1958 0.0368 0.0039 0.0035 0.0268 0.0059 0.0028 Adj R' = .30
p value .16 .008 .03 .14 .007 .0001 .0001
Parameter -0.1395 -0.1620 0.0188
0.0015 0.1220 -0.0097 -0.0054 R 2 = .18
1997 Data SE
0.1945 0.0515 0.0070 0.0037 0.0327 0.0068 0.0031 Adj R 2 = .14
p value .47 .002 .009 .70 .0003 .16 .09
InTotalBilirubin-AntweEp Onl-y
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNU Cijzarettes
Parameter -0.0776
-0.0473 0.0035 0.0062 0.0398 -0.0115 -0.0176 R 2 = .15
1995 Data SE 0.0475 0.0575 0.0072 0.0055 0.0316 0.0161 0.0056 Adj R 2 = .08
R value .85 .41 .63 .27 .21 .48 .002
Parameter -0.3130 -0.2157 0.0336 -0.0036 0.0826 0.0114 -0.0102 R'=.14
1997 Data
SE
-Rvalue
0.5586
0.58
0.1779
.23
0.0385
.39
0.0081
.66
0.0441
.07
0.0222
.61
0.0074
.17
Adj R 2 = .05
InTotalBilirub-iDnecaturOply
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter -0.4462 -0.0862 0.0081 0.0128 -0.0045 -0.0179 -0.0117
R 2 = .29
1995 Data SE
0.3154 0.0509 0.0048 0.0048 0.0828 0.0068 0.0031
Adj R 2
12value 16 .09 .10 .01 .59 .01 .0004 .24
1997 Data
Parameter SE
12value
-0.9486
0.2932
.002
-0.1160
0.0578
.05
0.0144
0.0072
.05
0.0134
0.0046
.005
0.1708
0.1607
.29
-0.0045
0.0073
.54
-0.0031
0.0032
.33
R 2 = .17
Adj R 2=.Io
Table 9 (continued)
HDL -Both Locations
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
1995 Parameter 70.82
-1.17 -0.11 3.53 -0.63 -0.17 R 2 = .28
Data (N SE 5.73 0.46 0.10 0.79 0.17 0.08 Adj R' =
178) R value .0001 .01 .27 .0001 .0004 0.03
.26
1997 Data (N 149)
Parameter SE
R value
66.71
4.52
.0001
-0.22
0.49
.65
0.12
0.09
.17
2.01
0.76
.009
-0.95
0.16
.0001
-0.16 R' = .28
0.07
.03
Adj R 2 = .26
HDL - Antwga Only
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
1995 Data (N = 86)
Parameter SE
R value
73.44
12.69
.0001
-1.55
0.73
.04
0.01
0.17
.93
3.31
0.98
.001
-0.87
0.50
.09
-0.19 R 2 = .16
0.17
.28
Adj R 2 = .11
1997 Data(N = 63)
Parameter SE '
R value
57.30
12.12
.0001
-2.26
1.17
.06
0.43
0.17
.01
2.78
0.99
.007
-0.82
0.48
.10
-0.45 R 2 = .28
0.16
.007
Adj R 2 =.21
HDL -DecaturOnly
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
1995 Parameter 66.35 -0.75 -0.14 4.71 -0.49 -0.16 R 2= .14
Data (N = 85) SE 9.42 0.60 0.14 2.48 0.21 0.09 Adj R' = .09
12value .0001 .22 .32 .06 .02 .09
1997Data (N = 83)
Parameter SE
12value
69.17
7.01
.0001
0.17
0.50
.73
0.01
0.11
.96
-3.07
3.87
.43
-0.90
0.18
.0001
-0.04 R 2 = .27
0.08
.61
Adj R 2 =.22
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol Bl@U Cijzarettes
Parameter 272.49 -3.37 -0.88 -4.80 -0.04 0.21 R 2 = .06
Table 9 (continued)
Platelet-sBoth Locations
1995 Data SE 23.37 1.86 0.41
3.20 0.70 0.33 Adj R 2 = .03
p value .0001 .07 .04 .14 .95 .52
Parameter 260.92
-2.91 -0.25 2.57 -0.73 -0.30 R 2 = .03
1997 Data SE 25.27 2.73 0.48 4.26 0.89 0.41 Adj R 2 = .00
R value -.0001 .29 .61 .58 .41 .46
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 294.81 -2.57
-0.35 -3.65 -2.23 0.82 R 2 =.06
PlateletAsn,tweIR Only
1995 Data SE 48.19 2.77 0.65 3.74 1.91 0.65 Adj R 2 =.Oo
p valu .0001 .36 .60 .33 .25 .21
Parameter 258.21 -1.99 0.41 -0.87 -1.16 -0.70 R 2 =.02
1997 Data SE 66.58 6.44 0.91 5.42 2.65 0.90 Adj R 2 =.Oo
p value .0003 .76 .65 .87 .66 .44
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cijzarettes
Parameter 353.90 -6.08 -1.99 5.36 -0.64 -0.35 R'=.19
PlateletDse,caturOnly
1995 Data SE 39.04 2.50
0.59 10.14 0.84 0.40 Adj R 2 .14
I?value .0001 .02 .001 .60 .45 .38
Parameter 225.66 -2.75 -0.16 8.45 0.14 -0.19 R 2 = .01
1997 Data
SE
R value
42.96
.0001
3.09
.38
0.69
.82
23.70
.72
1.10
.90
0.47
.69
Adj R 2 = .()o
Intercept
PFOS PFOS 2 Age
Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 0.5744 -0.0223 0.0033 0.0059 -0.0260 0.0086 -0.0005 R 2 = .29
Table 9 (continued)
Creatinine- Both Locations
1995 Data SE 0.0779 0.0146 0.0016 0.0013 0.0106 0.0023 0.0011 Adj R2 = .27
p value .0001 13 .04 .0001 .02 .0003 .65
Parameter
0.9478 -0.0302 0.0055 0.0027 -0.0242 -0.0022 -0.0019 R 2 = .16
1997 Data SE 0.0602 0.0159 0.0022 0.0012 0.0101 0.0021 0.0010 Adj R 2 =.13
p value .0001 .06 .01 0.02 .02 .30 .05
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 0.7319 -0.0324 0.0008 0.0044 -0.0055 0.0037 0.0017 R 2 = .20
Creatinine-AntweM Onl
1995 Data
SE 0.1382 0.0195 0.0024 0.0019 0.0107 0.0055 0.0019 Adj R 2 = .14
12value .0001 .10 .74 .02 .61 .50 .36
Parameter 0.8600 -0.0453 0.0074 0.0033 -0.0142 -0.0012 0.0041 R 2 = .14
1997 Data SE 0.1430 0.0455 0.0099 0.0021 0.0113 0.0057 0.0019 Adj R 2 = .05
R value .0001 .32 .46 .11 .21 .83 .04
Intercept PFOS PFOS' Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
.003
Parameter 0.8641 -0.0093 0.0036 0.0032 0.0082 0.0032 -0.0030
R 2 = .23
Creatinine- Decatur On]
1995 Data SE 0.1300 0.0206 0.0019 0.0020 0.0336 0.0028 0.0013
]2value .0001 .65 .07 .11 .81 .26 .02
Adj R 2 .18
Parameter 1.1363 -0.0430 0.0067 0.0006 -0.1133 -0.0038 -0.0034
1997 Data
SE
12value
0.1021
.0001
0.0201
.04
0.0025
.009
0.0016
.72
0.0559
.05
0.0026
.14
0.0011
R 2 = .27
Adj R 2 =.22
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 190.1 -0.99 0.74 -0.40 -0.04 -0.18 R 2 = .02
Table 9 (continued)
Cholesterol-Both Locations
1995 Data SE 22.1 1.77 0.39 3.04 0.67 0.31 AdjR'=.00
p value .0001 .@8 .06 .90 .95 .56
Parameter 155.5 4.66
1.39 7.50 -0.40 -0.08 R 2 =.17
1997 Data
SE 19.0 2.04 0.36
3.18 0.67 0.30 Adj R 2 = .14
R value .0001 .02 .0002 .02 .55 .80
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 62.17 -1.22 2.60 1.13 2.28 0.81 R 2 = .25
Cholestero-lAntwerp On]
1995 Data SE 43.72 2.51 0.59 3.39 1.73 0.59 Adj R' = .20
R value .16 .63 .0001 .74 .19 .17
Parameter 93.11 2.37 2.54 7.49 0.78 -0.23 R 2 = .33
1997 Data SE 49.20 4.74 0.67 3.98 1.95 0.66 Adj R 2 = .27
p value .06 .62 .0004 .06 .69 .72
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 304.27 -1.03 -1.05 -21.16 -1.03 -0.40 R 2 = .14
Cholesterol-DecaturOnl
1995 Data SE 33.14 2.19 0.51 8.88 .73 0.33 Adj R 2 =.09
R value .0001 .64 .04 .02 .17 .23
1997 Data
Parameter SE
207.01
31.55
4.26
2.27
0.48
0.51
19.54
17.41
-.78
0.81
-0.11 R 2 = .07
.35 Adj R 2 .01
R value .0001 .06 .35 .27 .34 .75
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 135.26 0.50 0.58 -3.33
-6.67 -0.52 R 2 = .05
Table 9 (continued)
1995 Data SE 20.27 1.61 0.36 2.78 0.61 0.28 AdjR 2 = .02
LDL
13value .0001 .76 .11 .23 .28 .07
Parameter 114.69 4.01
1.04 4.29
-1.09 -0.02 R 2 = .13
1997 Data SE 17.06 1.82 0.32 2.84 0.60 0.28 Adj R 2 = .10
R value .0001 .03 .002 .13 .07 .95
LDL -AntweEp On]
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 12.14 0.24 2.15 -3.04 2.04 0.35 R' = .20
1995 Data -SE 41.44 2.38 0.56 3.21 1.64 0.56 Adj R 2 = .15
R value .77 .92 .0003 .35 .22 .53
Parameter 40.88 1.50 2.22 4.12 0.48 0.26 R 2 = .29
1997 Data SE 42.42 4.08 0.58 3.43 1.68
0.57 Adj R 2 = .23
R value .34 .71 .0003 .23 .78 .65
LDL -DecaturOnly
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 218.24 1.06 -0.79 -22.95 -1.38 -0.65 R' = .20
1995 Data
-SE
-
30.58
1.96
0.46
8.04
0.67
0.30 Adj R 2 .15
D value .0001 .59 .09 .006 .04 .03
Parameter 160.50
3.55 0.20 -12.68
-1.27 -0.13 R 2 =.07
1997 Data SE 28.17 2.03 0.45 28.72 0.72 0.31 Adj R'=.Ol
R value .0001
.08 .65 .66 .08 .67
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol B@M Cijzarettes
Parameter 48.01 -0.06 0.0005 0.10 -0.08 0.05 R 2 = .08
Table 9 (continued)
Hematociit-Both Locations
1995 Data
1997 Data
SE
p value
Parameter SE
i)value
1.36
.0001
46.73
1.28
.0001
0.11
57
-0.25
0.14
.07
0.02
.98
-0.03
0.02
.20
0.19
.58
0.15
0.22
0.50
0.04
.06
0.01
0.05
0.75
0.02
.007
Adj R 2 = .05
0.04 R 2 = .08
0.02
.04
Adj R 2 .04
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 44.00 0.06 0.06 -0.12 0.02 0.05 R 2 = .08
Hematocrit-AntweEp Onl
1995 Data SE 2.30 0.13 0.03 0.18 0.09 0.03 Adj R 2 = .03
p value .0001 .63 .06 .51 .80 .14
Parameter 45.63 -0.29 0.04 0.06 -0.02 0.01 R 2 = .01
1997 Data SE 3.63 0.35 0.50 0.30 0.14 0.05 Adj R 2 = .00
p value .0001 .42 .37 .84 .89 .79
Intercept
PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 45.56 -0.05 0.01 -0.56 -0.02 0.08 R 2 10
Hematocrit-DecaturOn]
1995 Data SE 2.62 0.17 0.04 0.68 0.06 0.03 Adj R 2 =.04
p value .0001 .79 .89 .41 .71 .004
Parameter 45.69 -0.28 -0.05 -1.52 0.08 0.06 R 2 = .19
1997 Data SE 1.95 0.14 0.03 1.08 0.05 0.02 Adj R 2 =.13
p value .0001 .05 .09 .16 .11 .006
Table 9 (continued)
Hemo-globin- Both Locations
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 15.78 -0.02 0.004 -0.02 -0.03 0.02 R 2 = .06
1995 Data SE 0.45 0.04 0.008 0.06 0.01 0.006 Adj R 2 = .03
R value .0001 .53 .57 .77 .06 .02
Parameter 15.43 -0.08 -0.006 0.01 0.008 0.02 R 2 = .06
1997 Data SE 0.43
0.05 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.007 Adj R 2 = .03
12value .0001 .07 .46 .85 .59 .03
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNII Cigarettes
Parameter 14.72 0.008 0.02 -0.04 -0.007 0.005 R 2 = .08
Hemoglobin -AntweIR Only
1995 Data
SE 0.74 0.04 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.01 Adj R 2 = .02
R value .0001 .86 .02 .51 .81 .61
Parameter 15.32 -0.10 0.02 0.02 -0.01 -0.006 R' = .03
1997 Data SE 1.15' 0.11 0.02 0.09 0.05 0.02 Adj R 2 =.00
12value .0001 .40 .33 .81 .81 .70
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 15.87 -0.03 -0.004 -0.22 -0.02
0.02 R 2 = .10
Hemoglobin -DecaturOn]
1995 Data SE 0.90 0.06 0.01 0.23 0.02 0.009 Adj R 2 .04
12value .0001 .63 .79 .35 .32 .01
Parameter 15.58 -0.10 -0.02 -0.47 0.02 0.02 R 2 = .17
1997 Data SE 0.71 0.05 0.01 0.39 0.02 0.008 Adj R 2 =.12
12value .0001 .07 .12 .23 .25 .004
Table 9 (continued)
Intercept PFOS
Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 0.2196 -0.0009 0.0006 0.0074 -0.0012
-0.0007 R 2 =.06
Dir-ecBtilirubin-Both Locations
1995 Data SE 0.0259 0.0021 0.0005 0.0036 0.0008 0.0004 Adj R 2 = .03
1 p value .0001 .68 .17 .04 .13 .06
Paramcter 0.1929 -0.0061 -0.0002 0.0106 -0.0017 -0.0009 R 2 = .14
1997 Data SE 0.0264 0.0029 0.0005 0.0045 0.0009 0.0004 Adj R 2 = .11
p value ..Oool .03 .69
.02 .07 .05
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNO Cijzarettes
Parameter 0.1794 -0.0034 0.00004 0.0102 0.0017 -0.0016 R'=.17
DirectBilinibi-nAntweER Only
1995 Data SE 0.0461 0.0026 0.0006 0.0036 0.0018 0.00()() Adj R 2= .12
R value .0002 .21 .95 .006 .36 0.()()9
Parameter 0.1963 -0.0077 -0.0017 0.0112 0.0006 -0.0017 R 2= .14
1997 Data SE 0.0813 0.0079 0.0011 0.0066 0.0032 0.0011 Adj R 2 = .06
R value .02 .33 .13 .10 .84 .12
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Ci-garettes
Parameter 0.1972 0.0025 0.0012 -0.0114 -0.0016 -0.0001 R 2 = .07
DirectBilirubi-nDecaturOnly
1995 Data SE 0.0478 0.0032
0.0007 0.0128 0.0011 0.0005 Adj R 2 = .02
R value .0001 .44 0.11, .37 .13 .79
Parameter 0.1205 -0.0038 0.0014
-0.0042 -0.0018 -0.0004 R 2 =.15
1997 Data SE 0.0347 0.0025 0.0006 0.0191 0.0009
0.0004 Adj R 2 = .10
R value .0008 .13 .02 .83 .04 .27
Table 10 Summaries of Simple Linearand QuadraticRegressionModels forTotaland UnconjugatedBilirubin1,9
1995 Data
1997 Data
TotalBilirubin
Linear
Ouadratic
Both Locations
Uncontugated
Linear
Ouadratic
TotalBilirubin
Lineir
Ouadratic
Unc Linear -
R2
.002
.052
intercept 0.78247
0.86532
PFOS(P value) -0.02927(.047) -0.00918(.03)
PFOS2 (p value)
0.00846(.02)
.024 0.56837 -0.0285(.04)
.059
.016
0.65239
0.8175
-0.09941(.002) -0.02583(.12)
0.00858(.01)
.046 0.78963 -0.10456(.01) 0.01200 (.03Y
.012 0.57745 -0.01940
Antwe[p
R2
.018
intercept 0.92001
PFOS (pvalue)-0.02927(.21)
PFOS2 (pvalue)
.028 0.96548 -0.07872(.18) 0.00697(.31)
.017 0.69447 -0.02604(.23)
.028 0.73919 -0.07468(.17) 0.00686(.32)
.014 0.85170 -0.03647(.35)
.052 0.96350 -0.22847(.08) 0.04620(.20)
.012 0.69161 -0.02872
Decatur
R2
.004
.010
Intercept 0.59712
0.66974
PFOS (pvalue)-0.014363(.53) -0.05867(.09)
PFOS2 (p value)
0.00518(.12)
.008 0.39803 -0.01166(.39)
.029 0.48279 -0.06966(.03) 0.00605(.05)
0.009 0.59609 -0.00894(.53)
.071
.002
0.68287
0.47268
-0.09408(.02) -0.00489
0.001143(.02)
Table II
Mean Values ofPFOS, Demographic, Serum Chemistry and Hematologic ParametersforAntwerp and Decatur Combined Locations,1995 and 1997 Examinations
forEmployees Who Participateadnd Did Not ParticipatienBoth Years
Variable PFOS (ppm)
1995 Data
Both Years Only 1995
(N = 61)
(N = 117)
2.40
2.08
1997 Data
Both Years Only 1997
(N = 61) --- (N = 88)
2.34***
1.34
Age
39*
42
41*
38
BNE
27.1
26.3
27.3
26.9
Cigarettes
5.4
6.7
5.2
6.8
Alcohol
0.8
0.6
0.4*
0.4
Alk Phosphatase 87
86
79
80
GGT
44
44
37*
27
AST
29
27
26
26
ALT
46
46
33
32
Totalbilirubin
0.71
0.72
0.65
0.69
Directbilirubin 0.21
0.22
0.13
0.13
BLJN
16.2
15.7
14.6
14.3
Creatinine
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Glucose
86
87
93
89
Cholesterol
212
213
225***
201
LDL
142
134
145***
128
HDL
50
47
46
45
Table II (continued)
Vaiiable
1995 Data Antwerp Decatur
1997 Data Antwerp Decatur
Triglycerides
139
157
167
149
Hematocrit
45
47
46
46
Hemoglobin
15.0
15.5
15.3
15.4
RBC
4.9
5.0
5.0*
5.1
MCH
30.8
31.2
30.8*
30.2
MCHC
33.2
33.1
33.6
33.6
mvc
93
94
92**
90
WBC
6.6
7.0
6.5
6.4
Platelets
226
227
228
224
p <.05; p <.Ol; ***p<.ooi
Table 12
Mean Values of PFOS, Demographic,Serum Chemistryand Hematologic Parameters forAntwerp and Decatur,1995 Examinations
forEmployees Who Participateadnd Did notParticipatien Both 1995 and 1997
Variable PFOS(ppm)
AntweER
Both Years Pnly 1995
N = 27) (N = 61)
2.30
1.76
Decatur
Both Years Only 1995
(N = 34)
(N = 56)
2.48
2.42
Age
34
37
42*
46
BNH
24.0
23.9
29.6
29.0
Cigarettes
5.4
4.3
5.4
9.4
Alcohol
1.7*
1.0
0.1
0.2
Alk Phosphatase 75
75
96
98
GGT
46
39
43
50
AST
28
25
30
29
ALT
43
45
48
47
Totalbilirubin 0.91
0.84
0.54
0.59
Directbilirubin 0.23
0.22
0.19
0.21
BLTN
17.7
16.7
15.0
15.0
Creatinine
0.9
0.9
1.1
1.1
Glucose
78*
83
92
92
Cholesterol
209
216
232**
209
LDL
133
140
150**
128
HDL
56
53
46
42
Table 12 (continued)
Variable
1995 Data Antwert) Decatur
1997 Data Antwerp Decatur
Triglycerides
100
122
170
197
Hematocrit
46
47
44**
46
Hemoglobin
15.3
15.5
14.8**
15.4
RBC
4.9
4.9
4.9*
5.0
MCH
31.2
31.5
30.5
30.8
MCHC
33.0
32.8
33.4
33.4
mvc
95
96
91'
92
WBC
6.4
6.3
6.8*
7.8
Platelets
222
225
23.0
228
p <.05; p <.Ol; ***p <.001
Table 13
Mean Values of PFOS, Demographic, Serum Chemistryand Hematologic Parameters forAntwerp and Decatur,1997 Examinations
forEmployees Who Participateadnd Did not ParticipatienBoth Years
Variable PFOS(ppm)
Age
BNU
Antweri) Both Years Only 1997 (N = 27) (N = 38) 2.33*** 0.88
37***
30
24.4*
22.8
Decatur
Both Years Only 1997
(N = 34) (N = 50)
2.35
1.69
45
44
29.5
29.9
Cigarettes
5.9
5.2
Alcohol
1.0
0.7
Alk Phosphatase 72
69
GGT
33*
21
AST
27
26
ALT
32
30
Totalbilirubin 0.77
0.81
4.7
7.9
0.1
0.2
85
88
41
32
26
26
34
34
0.56
0.59
Directbilirubin 0.14
0.16
BUN
15.2
14.6
Creatinine
0.9
0.9
Glucose
80
81
0.12
0.11
14.1
14.0
1.0
1.0
103
95
Cholesterol
224***
192
226*
208
IDL
148
123
143
132
HDL
51
49
43
42
Table 13 (continued)
Variable
1995 Data
AntwerR
Decatur
1997 Data AntweIR Decatur
Tiiglycerides
.125
101
201
185
Hematocrit
46
46
45
46
Hemoglobin
15.5
15.4
15.2
15.4
RBC
5.0
5.1
4.9**
5.1
MCH
30.8
30.4
30.9
30.0
MCHC
33.4
33.3
33.7
33.8
mvc
92
91
91*
89
WBC
6.8
6.3
6.4
6.5
Platelets
241
234
218
217
*p<.05; **p<.Ol; ***p<.001
Table 14
MultivariablReegressionof Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalParameters-Examinationof the Effectof PFOS AdjustingforAge, Alcohol,BNH and Cigarettes,
Antwerp and DecaturEmployees (N = 61)Who ParticipateidnBoth the 1995 and 1997 Examinations
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol Bl@U Cigarettes
Parameter .55.23
-1.71 0.42
-5.34 0.70 0.82 R 2 = .24
1995 Data SE 22.22 1.77 0.43 2.47 0.67
0.34 Adj R 2 = .17
AlkalinePhosl2atase
R value .02 .34 .33 .04 .30 .02
Parameter 45.74 0.46 0.33 -2.93 0.62 0.76 R 2 =.15
1997 Data SE 22.07 1.71 0.37 2.36 0.61
0.32 Adj R 2 = .07
12value .04 .79 .37 .22 .31 .02
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 2.5359 -0.0028 -0.0078 0.0795 0.0469 0.0023 R 2 .14
1995 Data SE 0.5561 0.0443 0.0107 0.0619 0.0167 0.0084 Adj R 2 = .06
InGGT
p value .0001 .95 .47 .20 .007 .79
Parameter 2.5660 -0.0357 -0.0095 0.0673 0.0463
-0.0025 R 2 = .14
1997 Data SE
0.5965 0.0461 0.0010 0.0638 0.0165 0.0087 Adj R 2 = .07
R value .0001 .44 .35 .30 .007 .77
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 15.27 0.40 0.17 1.01 0.24 -0.26 R 2 = .08
1995 Data SE
11.19 0.89 0.22 1.25 0.34 0.17 Adj R 2
SGOT
p value .18 .65 .42 .42 .47 .13
Parameter
21.68 -0.22 0.001 0.47 0.17 0.07 R 2 = .03
1997 Data SE 6.80 0.53 0.11 .73 0.19 0.10 Adj R 2
R value .002 .67 .99 52 .38 .49
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 26.32
-0.03 -0.20 0.13 1.05 -0.25 R 2 = .10
Table 14 (continued)
1995 Data SE 17.83 1.42 0.34 1.98 0.54 0.27 Adj R 2 = .02
SGPT
p value 115 .98 .57 .95 .06 .35
Parameter 15.34 0.27 -0.34 0.22 1.15 -0.04 R 2 = .18
1997 Data SE 13.86 1.07 0.23 1.48 0.38 0.20 Adj R 2= .11
R value .27 .80 .14 .88 .004 .83
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNU Ci.garettes
Parameter 0.7086 -0.0874 0.0081 -0.0030 0.0344 -0.0319 -0.0130 R 2 = .23
1995 Data SE 0.3971 0.0806 0.0068 0.0073 0.0436 0.0115 0.0060 Adj R 2 = .14
InTotalBilirubin
R value
Parameter
.08
-0.3739
.28
0.0202
.24
-0.0014
.69
0.0072
.43
0.1045
.01
- -0.0182
.03
-0.0105
R 2 =.Ig
1997 Data SE 0.3996 0.0308 0.0026 0.0068 0.0426 0.0112 0.0058 Adj R 2 =.10
R value .35 .51 .58 .29 .02 .11 .08
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 0.2579 -0.0027 -0.0019 0.0049 0.0010 -0.0005 R 2 = .13
1995 Data SE 0.0469 0.0037 0.0009 0.0052 0.0014 0.0007 Adj R 2 .05
DirectBilirubin
R value .0001 .47 .04 .35 .49 .50
Parameter 0.1711 -0.0026 0.0004 0.0089 -0.0021
-0.0008 R 2 =.14
1997 Data
SE
12value
0.0462
.0005
0.0036
.47
0.0008
.60
0.0049
.08
0.0013
.10
0.0007
.22
Adj R 2 =.07
Table 14 (continued)
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cijzarettes
Parameter 18.33 -0.09 -0.01 0.59 -0.04 -0.15 R 2 = .16
1995 Data SE 3.62 0.29 0.07 0.40 0.11 0.05 Adj R 2 =.Og
BUN
p value .0001 .75 .87 .15 .71 .007
Parameter 14.06 0.29 0.07 0.18 -0.12 -0.03 R 2 = .08
1997 Data SE 3.09 0.24 0.05 0.33 0.09 0.04 Adj R 2 =.00
12value .0001 .22 .16 .59 .18 .55
Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNU Ci-garettes
Parameter 0.5185 -0.0515 0.0068 0.0073
-0.0100 0.0099 -0.0003 R 2 = .49
1995 Data SE 0.1308 0.0264 0.0022 0.0024 0.0143 0.0038 0.0019 Adj R 2 = .43
Creatinine
12value .0002 .06 .004 .004 .49 .01 .89
Parameter 0.8785 0.0168 -0.0005 0.0036 -0.0266 -0.0030 -0.0028 R 2 = .18
1997 Data SE 0.1333 0.0103 0.0009 0.0023 0.0142 0.0037 0.0020 Adj R 2 .09
R value .0001 .11 .57 .12 .07 .43 .15
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 3.7479 -0.0017 0.0008 -0.0050 0.0236 0.0023 R 2 = .46
1995 Data SE 0.1311 0.0103 0.0025 0.0145
0.0039 0.0020 Adj R 2 .41
InGlucose
R value .0001 .87 .74 .73 .0001 .26
Parameter 3.4111 0.0036 0.0063 0.0005
0.0306 -0.0051 R 2 .48
1997 Data SE 0.2013 0.0156 0.0034 0.0215 0.0056
0.0029 Adj R 2 .43
p value .0001 .82 .07 .98 .0001 .09
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 184.37 -1.15 1.37 -2.72
-0.24 -0.82 R 2 =.13
Table 14 (continued)
1995 Data SE 34.59 2.76 0.67 3.85 1.04 0.52 AdjR 2 .05
Cholesterol
p value .0001 p8 .04 .48 .81 .12
Parameter 179.50 3.75 0.73 6.57 0.09 -0.07 R 2 =.09
1997 Data SE 38.87 3.01 0.65 4.16 1.07 0.57 Adj R'=.Ol
p value .0001 .22 .27 .12 .94 .90
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 115.89 0.36 1.26 -3.74 -0.61 -0.72 R 2 = .15
1995 Data SE 30.35 2.38 0.58 3.35 0.91 0.45 AdjR 2 .07
LDL
p value .0004 .88 .88 .27 .51 .12
Parameter 150.88 2.68 0.44 3.81 -1.20 -0.10 R 2 = .07
1997 Data SE 34.90 2.70 0.58 3.73 0.96 0.51 Adj R 2 = .00
p value .0001 .33 .45 .31 .22 .85
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 75.25 -0.68 -0.0005 2.31 -0.86 -0.30 R 2 = .25
1995 Data SE 11.01 0.86 0.21 1.21 0.33 0.17 Adj R 2 = .18
HDL
p value .0001 .44 .99 .06 .01 .08
Parameter 68.22 -0.33 0.11 2.10 -0.97 -0.12 R 2 = .34
1997 Data SE 8.91 0.69 0.15 0.95 0.25 0.13 Adj R 2 = .28
p value .0001 .63 .47 .03 .0002 .37
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter -89.52 -3.78 0.72 -1.93 7.50 1.40 R 2 = .26
Table 14 (continued)
1995 Data
SE 66.79 5.32
1.29 7.43
2.00 1.01 Adj R 2= .19
Triglycerides
p value .19 .48 .58 .80 .0004 .17
Parameter -198.05 7.03 0.87 3.28 11.26
0.73 R' =.38
1997 Data
SE 82.02 6.35 1.37 8.77 2.26
1.19 Adj R 2 = .32
]2value .02 .27 .53 .71 .0001 .54
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol Bi@u Cigarettes
Parameter 50.87 -0.03 -0.05 0.09 -0.13 0.05 R 2 = .20
1995 Data
-SE
-
2.15
0.17
0.04
0.24
0.06
0.04 Adj R 2 = .13
Hematocrit
i)value .0001 .87 .19 .70 .04 .21
Parameter 46.61 -0.20 -0.04 0.31 0.02 0.06 R'=.10
1997 Data SE 2.56 0.20 0.04 0.270.07 0.04 Adj R 2 = .02
p value .0001 .33 .38 .26 .77 .14
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
1995 Data
Parameter SE
17.09 ...... 0.72
-0.02
0.06
-0.01
0.01
-0.002
0.08
-0.06
0.02
0.003 R 2 = .18
0.01 Adj R 2= .10
Hemoglobin
1997 Data
R value
Parameter SE
.0001
15.55
0.88
.70
-0.07
0.07
.36
-0.01
0.01
.98
0.05
'0.09
.01
0.01
0.02
.79
0.02
0.01
R 2 .07
Adj R 2 .00
R value .0001 .33 .44 .61 .70 .12
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 5.21 0.002 -0.003 -0.006 -0.007 -0.005 R 2 = .06
Table 14 (continued)
1995 Data SE 0.22 0.018 0.004 0.025
0.007 0.004 Adj R 2 = .03
RBC
12value .0001 89 .55 .81 .28 .18
Parameter 5.02 -0.003 -0.003 0.025 0.004 -0.005 R 2 = .04
1997 Data
SE 0.30 0.024 0.005 0.033 0.008 0.004 Adj R 2 =.04
R value .0001 .88 .53 .44 .64 .28
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 32.97 -0.05
-0.01 0.04 -0.07 0.04 R 2 = .18
1995 Data SE 1.25 0.10 0.02 0.14 0.04 0.02 Adj R 2 = .10
MCH
12value .0001 .60 .67 .79 .07 .06
Parameter 31.13 -0.11 -0.004 -0.06 -0.007 0.07 R 2 = .19
1997 Data SE 1.43 0.11 0.024 0.15 0.039 0.02 Adj R 2 =.12
12value .0001 .31 .85 .71 .86 .001
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 33.55 -0.03 0.01 -0.08 -0.02 -0.02 R 2 = .18
1995 Data SE 0.53 0.04 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.01 Adj R 2 = .10
MCHC
12value .0001 .55 .20 .18 .17 .01
Parameter 33.40 -0.005 0.005 -0.10 0.001 0.003 R 2 =.09
1997 Data SE 0.50 0.039 0.008 0.05 0.014 0.007 Adj R 2 = .01
R value .0001 .89 .55 .07 .92 .69
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 98.33 -0.09 -0.07 0.30 -0.15 0.19 R' = .27
Table 14 (continued)
1995 Data SE 3.59 0.29 0.07 0.40 0.11 0.06 Adj R' = .20
mcv
p value .0001 76 .34 .45 .18 .003
Parameter 92.85 -0.28 -0.02 0.19 -0.03 0.20 R 2 =.22
1997 Data
SE 3.82 0.30 0.06 0.41 0.11 0.06 Adj R 2 =.15
p value .0001 .34 .76 .65 .78 .0008
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 295.55 -3.96 -0.84 -10.54 -0.54 -0.78 R 2= .19
1995 Data SE
37.09 2.96 0.71 4.13 1.12 0.63 Adj R 2 = .11
Platelets
R value .0001 .19 .24 .01 .63 .22
Parameter 392.12 -3.84 -2.31 -6.59 -1.85 -0.82 R 2 = .21
1997 Data SE 48.22 3.73 0.81 5.16 1.33 0.70 Adj R 2 = .14
i)value .0001 .31 .006 .21 .17 .25
Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 3.10 0.03 0.002 0.07 0.10 0.12 R 2 = .43
1995 Data SE 1.19 0.09 0.023 0.13 0.04 0.02 Adj R 2 .38
WBC
R value .01 .77 .93 .62 .007 .()()Ol
Parameter 4.46 -0.04 -0.007 0.21 0.06 0.11 R 2 = .40
1997 Data SE 1.36 0.11 0.02 0.15 0.04 0.02 Adj R 2 .34
R value .002 .70 .75 .15
.09 woi
PFOS
(R]2m) 0 -< 1 I-< 3 3-<6 >= 6
Table 15
Employee Distributioans toPlantLocationand Whether Hormones Were Measured,1995
Total 45 91 35 7 178
Both Locations
Hormones Yes 10(22%) 46(51%) 27(77%) 5(71%) 88
Measured No j5 (78%) 45(49%) 8(23%) 2(29%) 90
By Location
Antwerp
Decatur
Hormones Measured
Hormones Me
Yes
No
Yes
9(27%) 25(73%) 1(9%)
21(66%) 11(34%) 25(43%)
-18(95%) 1(5%)
9(56%)
2(670/o) 1(33%) 3(75%)
50
38
38
Table 16
Mean Values forPFOS, Demographic,Serum Chemistriesand Hematology, by PlantLocationand Whether Hormones Were Measured, 1995
Variable
Both Locations
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N = 88
N = 90
PFOS
2.87
1.52
Age Alcohol
38.4
42.7
**
1.0
0.4
BMI
26.5
26.7
Cigarettes
8.3*
4.3
BUN
16.3
15.5
Creatinine
0.97*
1.02
Glucose
86
88
AlkalinePhosphatase86
86
Antwerp
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=50
N=38
2.69***
0.92
35.0*
38.4
1.6**
0.8
23.6
24.4
**
6.7
1.9
17.1
16.8
0.87
0.94
80
84
77
73
Decatur
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=38
N=52
3.10**
1.96
42.9
45.9
0.2
0.2
30.3
28.5
10.3
6.o
15.1
14.5
1.10
1.08
94
90
99
96
Variable GGT AST ALT TotalBilirubin DirectBilirubin Cholesterol LDL HDL Triglycerides Hematocfit Hemoglobin
Both Locations
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=88
N=90
47
42
29
27
47
45
0.7
0.8
0.2
0.2
217
215
136
137
49
48
158
144
47
46
15.4
15.3
Table 16 (continued)
Antwelp
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=50
N=38
45
37
27
24
44
45
0.8
0.9
0.2
0.2
210
220
133
144
52
55
124
104
47
47
15.4
15.4
Decatur
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=38
N=52
50
46
31
29
51
45
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.2
227
211
141
132
43
43
205
174
46
45
15.3
15.1
Vaiiable
Both Locations
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=88
N = 90
RBC
5.0
4.9
MCH
31.1
31.0
MCHC
33.0*
33.3
mcv
94
93
WBC
7.3
6.5
Platelets
230
223
p <.05; p <.01;***p <.Ool
Table 16 (continued)
AntweM
Hormones Measured
Yes
No
N=50
N=38
4.9
4.9
31.5
31.3
32.9
32.8
96
95
6.8
5.7
233**
212
Decatur
Hon-nones Measured
Yes
No
N=38
N=52
5.0
4.9
30.5
30.8
33.2*
33.5
92
92
8.0*
7.0
226
231
Table 17
Mean, Median (N4ed),StandardDeviation(SD) ofMean and Range ofPFOS, Demographic, Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalValues forN = 88 Employees,Antwerp and DecaturCombined, who Had Hormone Measurements, 1995
PFOS (P-MP)
Mean Med SD Range
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
PFOS 0.68' 0.75 0.21 0.37-0.90 1.96' 1.96 0.62 1.00-2.90 4.15' 3.97 0.85 3.00-5.80 8.67' 8.50 2.85 6.06-12.83 F value= 121.3,p =.0001
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
- Age 32.7 32.5 6.3 38.7 39.0 8.4 39.0 39.0 7.6 43.0 42.0 7.8 F value= 2.4,p =.08
21.0-43.0 25.0-58.0 26.0-54.0 37.0-56.0
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Alcohol 1.4 1.1 1.2 0.0-3.6 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.0-3.6 1.4 0.5 2.0 Olp-6.0 0.9 0.0 1.3 0.0-2.9 F value= 2.1, p=.Il
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
BNH 24.5 24.5 2.4 20.4-28.0 27.9 26.2 7.2 19.6-60.7 24.7 24.2 4.2 17.9-32.5 27.5 29.4 4.9 20.6-33.0 F value= 2.1,p =.10
PFOS (RRM)
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 I-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 17 (continued)
Mean Med SD Range
Cigarettes 6.0 9.0 10.5 7.7 0.0 11.2 11.6 12.0 11.8 0.6 0.0 1.3 F=-1.8,P=.16
0.0-25.0 0.0-35.0 0.0-40.0 0.0-3.0
BLTN 17.0 16.0 3.1 14.0-22.0 15.8 15.0 3.8 8.0-26.0 17.0 17.0 3.8 10.0-23.0 14.4 14.0 4.0 10.0-21.0 F value= 1.1,p = .35
Creatinine 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.8-1.1 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.7-1.6 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.7-1.2 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.6-1.6 F value= 2.7,p =.05
Glucose
82 82 7
70-93
89 84 29 62-260
81 82 12 66-112
87 83 16 71-105
F value= 0.8,p =.52
AlkalinePhosRhatase 82 82 14 66-103 88 89 25 49-146 85 82 21 32-124 88 74 29 63-136 F value= 0.3,p =.84
PFOS (ppm)
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 17 (continued)
Mean Med SD Range
GGT 38 28 27 23-111 53 41 49 2-293 39 39 15 21-80 48 49 19 32-79 F value= 0.9,p =.44
AST
31 25 23 17-96
30 27 14 14-90
25 24 6 13-37
31 30
4 26-37
F value= 1.2,p =.31
ALT
52 48 21 36-108
48 43 24 25-183
42 41
7 30-59
54 57 20 29-82
F value=1.1, p =.36
TotalBilirubin 0.86 0.70 0.45 0.40-2.00 0.67 0.65 0.28 0.20-1.30 0.65 0.60 0.31 6.20-1.40 0.68 0.70 0.15 0.50-0.90 F value= 1.2,p =.30
DirectBilirubin 0.22 0.20 0.04 0.20-0.30 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.10-0.30 0.22 0.20 0.04 0.20-0.30 0.22 0.20 0.04 0.20-0.30 F value= 0.6,p =.63
PFOS (pi2m)
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
Table 17 (continued)
Mean Med SD Range
Cholesterol 213 207 33 220 227 42 217 214 29 200- 208 34 F value= 0.5,p =.69
180-290 144-315 171-270 160-240
LDL 129 128 22 106-177 136 146 39 65-228 139 135 29 84-190 129 130 29 95-172 F value= 0.3,p =.85
HDL 52 57 12 31-63 50 46 15 28-94 46 48 12 23-74 45 46 10 34-61 F value= 0.6,p =.64
Triglycerides 157 121 167 41-622 163 129 118 41-651 156 138 97 34-413 128 151 52 64-187 F value= 0.1,p = .94
Hematocrit
47 48 2 44-49
46 46 3 39-52
47 47 2
43-52
47 48 1
45-49
F value= 2.3,p =.08
PFOS (Rpm)
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0- < 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3-<6 >6
Table 17 (continued)
Mean Med SD Ranize
Hemoglobin 15.6 15.8 0.5 15.2 15.3 0.9 15.6 15.6 0.7 15.5 15.4 0.7 F value= 1.8,p =.16
14.6-16.1 13.0-17.1 13.8-17.4 14.8-16.2
RBC 4.9 5.0 0.3 4.3-5.2 4.9 4.9 0.3 4.3-5.7 5.0 5.0 0.2 4.6-5.4 5.0 5.2 0.7 4.0-5.7 F value= 0.4, p = .74
MCH 32.0 31.7 1.1 30.8-33.9 30.8 30.8 1.4 27.3-33.2 31.2 31.8 1.5 26.0-33.3 31.1 30.2 3.4 28.2-36.9 F value= 1.9, p =.14
MCHC 32.9 33.1 0.8 31.9-34.5 33.0 33.1 0.7 31.7-34.5 32.9 32.8 0.7 31.3-34.2 33.1 33.3 0.8 32.2-34.0 Fvalue=0.2, p=.93
mcv
97 95 5 92-106
93 93 4
83-101
95 95 5
81-104
94 91 12 85-115
F value= 1.9, p =.13
PFOS (ppm)
Table 17 (continued)
Mean Med SD Range
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
WBC 6.7 6.5 1.8 4.4-9.4 7.3 0.9 2.2 3.6-15.5 7.7 7.5 2.3 4.1-13.3 7.1 6.9 0.6 6.4-7.8 F value= 0.7, p =.59
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Platelets 243 230 43 189-309 234 227 44 153-365 229 230 50 132-344 177 182 29 143-205F value= 2.7,p =.05
1. Significantldyifferent(p< .05)thantheremainingthreePFOS exposurecategories. 2. Significantdliyfferen(tp<.05) thanthe0 -< Ippm PFOS category. 3. Significantldyifferen(tp< .05)thantheI -< 3 ppm PFOS category. 4. Significantdliyfferen(tp<.05) thanthe3 -< 6 ppm PFOS category. 5. Significantdliyfferen(tp< .05)thanthe> 6ppm PFOS category.
Sample sizes:
PFOS Level Both Locations
0 -< I ppm
10
1 - < 3 ppm
46
3 -< 6 ppm
27
> 6 ppm
5
88
AntweLp 9 21 18 2 50
Decatur 1
25 9 3 38
Table 18
MultivariablReegressionof Serum Chemistriesand HematologicalParameters in RelationtoPFOS AdjustingforAge, Alcohol,BNE and Cigarettes, Antwerp and DecaturData Combined, For Those Employees Who Had Hormone Measurements in 1995
AlkalinePhosRhatase
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 64.57 0.002 0.13 -4.17 0.60 0.60 R 2 = .22
SE 15.23 .1.11
0.30 1.75 0.39 0.20 Adj R 2
R value .001 .99 .66 .02 .13 .004 .17
InGGT
Vaziable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 1.9570 0.0077 0.0157 0.1043 0.0341 0.0096 R 2 = .20
SE
R valu
0.4203
.0001
0.0301
.80
0.0084
.07
0.0484
.03
0.0107
.002
0.0056
.09
Adj R 2 .15
AST
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 16.13 -0.13 0.006 1.02 0.51
-0.20 R 2 = .08
SE 9.90 .72 0.20 1.14
0.25 0.13 Adj R 2 = .02
R value .11 .86 .98 .37 .04 .13
Table 18 (continued)
ALT
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 25.19 -0.12 -0.04 0.20 0.95 -0.20 R 2=.Io
SE 14.22 1.04 0.28 1.64 0.36 0.19 Adj R 2 =.04
12value .08 .90 .89 .90 .01 .29
InTotalBilirubin
Variable Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 0.6133
-0.0885 0.0073 -0.0025 0.0235 -0.0270 -0.0162 R 2 = .39
SE
0.2726 0.0518 0.0048 0.0054 0.0309 0.0068 0.0036 Adj R 2
R value .03 .09 .13 .64 .45 .0002 .0()()l .34
DirectBilirubin
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter
0.225 0.001 0.0007 0.004 -0.002 -0.0003 R 2 =.Og
SE
R value
0.0335
.0001
0.002
.64
0.0007
.31
0.004
.26
0.0009
0.05
0.0004
.44
Adj R 2 .03
Table 18 (continued)
BLTN
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 18.73 -0.10 -0.05 0.37 -0.003 -0.05 R 2 =.08
SE 2.72 0.20 0.05 0.31 0.07 0.04 Adj R2
=.02
R value .0001 .60 .35 .24 .97 .14
Creatinine
Variable Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 0.5031 -0.0488
0.0051 0.0086 -0.0119 0.0090 -0.0017 R 2 = .37
SE
R value
0.1178
.0001
0.0223
.03
0.0020
.01
0.0023
.0004
0.0133
.38
0.0029
.003
0.0016
.28
Adj R 2 .32
InGlucose
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BMI Cijzarettes
Parameter 3.8241 -0.0029 0.0051 -0.0052 0.0166 -0.0018 R' = .42
SE 0.1090 0.0079 0.0022 0.0125 0.0028 0.0014 Adj R 2 =.38
R value .0001 .71 .02 .68 .0001 .22
Table 18 (continued)
Cholesterol
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol Bl@U Cigarettes
Parameter 198.04. -2.83 1.26 -1.32 -0.73 -0.07 R 2 =.09
SE 26.88 1.97 0.54 3.09 0.68 0.35 Adj R 2
R value .0001 .15 .02 .67 .29 .85 .03
LDL
Variable Intercept
PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 152.37 -0.45 0.70 -5.58 -1.19 -0.59 R 2 = .14
SE 23.90 1.74 0.48 2.75 0.61 0.32 Adj R 2
12value .0001 .80 .14 .05 .05 .07 .08
HDL
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 77.68 -0.66 -0.31 2.68 -0.66 -0.07 R'=.32
SE 8.51 0.62 0.17 0.98 0.22 0.11 AdjR 2 =.28
R value .0001 .29 .07 .008 .003 .56
Table 18 (continued)
Triglycerides
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter -178.52 -7.89 4.22 9.90 6.07 3.17 R' = .32
SE 71.97 5.26 1.44
8.28 1.83 0.95 Adj R 2 =.28
p value .02 .14 .005 .24 .001 .001
Hematocrit
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNfl Cigarettes
Parameter 48-03 -0.05 0.02 -0.003 -0.10 0.04 R' = .12
SE 1.66 0.12 0.03 0.19 0.04 0.02 Adj R 2
R value .0001 .70 .48 .99 .02 .05 .06
Hemoglobin
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 15.76 -0.02 -0.04 0.01
-0.03 0.009 R' = .09
SE 0.58 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.008
R value .0001
.67 .28 .58 .03 .25 Adj R 2 =.03
Table 18 (continued)
MCH
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 33.52 0.04 -0.006 0.11 -0.10 0.03 R 2 =.24
SE
p value
1.05
.0001
0.08
.59
0.02
.79
0.12
.35
0.03
.0003
0.01
..03
AdjR2 = .20
MCHC
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNII Cigarettes
Parameter 32.87
-0.001 0.008 -0.08 -0.0006 -0.01 R 2 = .07
SE 0.50 .037 0.01 0.06 0.01 0.007 Adj R 2
p value .0001 .98 .42 .19 .96 0.08 .02
mcv
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 101.97 0.14
-0.04 0.56 -0.31 0.12 R 2 = .28
SE 3.36 0.25
0.07 0.39 0.09 0.04 Adj R 2
p value .0001 .56 .53 .15 .0005 0.007 .23
Table 18 (continued)
RBC
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarr,ttes
Parameter 4.673 -0.009 0.005 -0.026 0.006 -0.002 R 2 = .08
SE 0.214 0.016 0.004 0.025 0.005 0.003 Adj R 2
R value .0001 .58 .28 .29 .24 .48 .02
Platelets
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 320.83 -6.73 -0.94 -6.95 -1.26 0.43 R 2 =.18
SE 32.21 2.36 0.64 3.70 0.82 0.43 Adj R 2
R value .0001 .006 .15 .06 .13 .32 .13
WBC
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 3.24 -0.03 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.09 R 2 = .35
SE 1.32 0.10 0.03 0.15 0.03 0.02 Adj R 2 =.31
R value .02 .74
.01 .82 .42 .0001
Table 19
Mean, Median (Med),StandardDeviation(SD) ofMean and Range ofPFOS, Hormonal Measurements forN 88 Employees, Antwerp and DecaturCombined, 1995
PFOS (RRM)
Mean Med SD Range
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Cortisol 19.3 17.5 7.0-29.0 17.7 18.0 7.2 1.0-42.0 21.4 23.0 7.2 7.0-31.0 17.0 19.0 6.2 9.0-23.0 F = 1.7,p =.18
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
DHEA-S 3883" 358 168
234"4 210 95
316' 318 106
1942 190
19
F = 8.3,p =.0001
88-605 69-460 90-530 176-215
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Estradiol 67.1 67.0 12.8 60.3 59.0 15.2 60.5 61.0 10.1 64.8 65.0 18.7 F = 0.8,p =.49
50.0-87.0 35.0-101.0 42.0-81.0 47.0-92.0
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
FSH 3.8 3.5 1.5 2.0-6.0 5.6 4.0 4.2 1.0-26.0 5.6 4.0 3.9 2.0-18.0 6.6 6.0 3.4 3.0-12.0 F value= 0.8,p = 0.48
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
17-Hydroxyprogesterone 170 164 41 121-245 131 123 52 53-294 150 153 52 65-245 119 98 4590-197 F value= 2.4,p = .08
PFOS (12RM)
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
0- <1 1 -< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Table 19 (continued)
Mean Med SD Range
LH 3.8 4.0 0.9 4.6 4.0 3.0 4.6 5.0 1.9 4.8 5.0 1.3 F value= 0.3,p =.81
2.0-5.0 1.0-21.0 2.0-9.0 3.0-6.0
Prolactin 13.5 13.0 7.0 6.0-29.0 11.8 11.0 5.0 3.0-30.0 13.4 10.0 7.9 5.0-39.0 13.6 10.0 6.3 9.0-24.0 F value= 0.5, p =.67
SHBG 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.2 1.3 0.6 F = 1.1,p =.35
0.5-1.3 0.4-1.9 0.4-1.7 0.6-2.1
Free testosterone 20.5' 20.2 5.2 10.2-28.2 16.22 16.1 3.3 8.9-27.1 17.7 18.2 3.2 12.2-25.2 17.5 17.7 2.0 15.3-20.5 F value= 4.5,p =.006
Bound testosterone 7393 757 175 5281094
5802,4 589 676 3 659
110 278-762 171 410-1039
711 752 160 462-883
F value= 5.2,p = .003
Table 19 (continued)
PFOS (P-Rm)
0 -< 1 1-< 3 3 -< 6 >6
Mean Med SD Ranize
TSH 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.6-4.5 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.5-8.1 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.5-3.4 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.7-3.8 F value= 0.6,p =.62
Sample sizes:
PFOS Level Both Locations
0 -< I ppm
10
1 - < 3 ppm
46
3 - < 6 ppm
27
2:6 ppm
5
88
Antwelp 9 21 18 2 50
Decatur 1
25 9 3 38
Table 20
MultivariablReegressionAnalysisof Hormones inRelationtoPFOS AdjustingforAge, Alcohol,B@E and Cigarettes, Antwerp and DecaturData Combined, 1995
Cortisol
Variable Intercept PFOS Age 'Alcohol
BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 27.13 0.27 -0.10 1.56 -0.25 0.01 R 2 =.22
SE 4.84 0.35 0.10 0.56 0.12 0.06 AdjR'=.17
p value .0001 .45 .31 .006 .04 .87
DBEAS
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNU Cigarettes
Parameter 499.17 -2.95 -5.30 17.88 -1.82 2.25 R' = .28
SE 76.98 5.63 1.54 8.84 1.95 1.01 Adj R'
p value .0001 .60 .0009 .05 .35 .03 .24
Estradiol
Variable Intercept PFOS PFOS' Age Alcohol BMI Cigarettes
Parameter 53.56 -3.82 0.44 -0.13 2.42 0.57 0.07 R'=.18
SE 9.76 1.85 0.17 0.19 1.10 0.24 0.13 Adj R'=.12
p value .0001 .04 .01 .51 .03 .02 .58
Table 20 (continued)
Estradio(lwithoutemrloyeeC)
Variable Intercept PFOS
pFOS2
Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 53.43 -3.56 0.40 -0.13 2.43
0.56 0.69 R'=.13
SE 9.84 2.39 0.28 0.19 1.11 0.25 0.13 Adj R'
p value .0001 .14 .15 .51 .03 .03 .60 .06
FSH
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 3.64 0.02 0.14 0.04 -0.13 0.005 R 2 =.Io
SE 2.79 0.20 0.06 0.32 0.07 0.04 Adj R 2
R value .20 .91 .02 .89 .07 .90 .05
17-HydroxyRrogesterone
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 306.10 -0.04 -2.13 -0.76 -3.47 0.79 R 2 = .33
SE 32.69 2.36 0.67 3.68 0.82 0.42 Adj R 2 = .28
R value .0001 .99 .002 .84 .0001 .07
Table 20 (continued)
LH
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 5.65 0.05 -0.02 -0.24 -0.03 0.03 R' = .04
SE 1.86 0.13 0.04 0.21 0.05 0.02 Adj R 2 =.02
R value .003 .69 .69 .26 .56 .21
Prolactin
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 16.67 0.34 -0.15 1.75 0.004 -0.14 R' = .31
SE 3.99 0.29 0.08 0.46 0.10 0.05 Adj R 2
R value .0001 .25 .07 .0003 .97 .01 .27
SBBG
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNE Cigarettes
Parameter 0.03 0.005 0.02 -0.005 0.005 0.004 R 2 = .28
SE 0.24 0.02 0.005 0.03 0.006 0.003 Adj R 2
R value .89 .77 .0001 .86 .40 .19 .23
Table 20 (continued)
Free Testosterone
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 27.37 0.02 -0.14 -0.11 -0.1.9 0.01 R 2 = .19
SE 2.57 0.19 0.05 0.30 0.06
0.03 Adj R 2
p value .0001 .90 .01 .69 .005 .68 .14
Bound Testosterone
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter 993.88 6.91 -2.43 7.41 -11.43 1.22 R 2 = .28
SE 100.93 7.28 2.06 11.37 2.52 1.31 Adj R2 =.2j-
p value .0001 .35 .24 .52 .0001 .35
TSH
Variable Intercept PFOS Age Alcohol BNH Cigarettes
Parameter -0.873 0.004 0.003 0.078 0.096 -0.011 R 2 = .23
SE 0.826 0.060 0.016 0.095 0.021 0.011 Adj R 2
p value .29 .95 .85 .41 .0001 .32 .18
FIGURE
Scattec Plot of Estcadiot
and PE)OS, Both Locations Combined, EstradoolBy PF:OS
1995
110001)
100000
1"000000000 90.000
80.000 70.000 60.000 50.000 40.OW
roe was
a
a % s
30.000 .000
2.000
4.000
6.000
1 8.000
PFOS
10.000 12.000 14.000
- Po"trial Rt dogrooq - Unear Rt
P*WMW
Rt dogres-2
EstradW - 66.4703 - 3.60448 PFOS + 0.42197 PFOSA2
Summary of Rt
RSquare RSquare Ad) Root Mean SquareErwr Mean d R"prse Ob"Maftm (O(Sum VIP)
0.07618 0.06"23 13.33314
61.30" as
Source moclei Error C Total
Ana"s ofVaftve
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rago
2
1245.701
622.850
3.5036
85
15110.663
177.773
Prob>F
87
16356.364
0.0345
Term lntgmgpt PFOS PFOSA 2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmato 66.470276 -3.604477 0.4219692
StclError
3.632698 1.7997
0.167705
t Ratio 18.30 -ZOO 2.S2
Prob@-ftl <.0001 0.0484
0.0137
Estradiol- 59.7222 + O@57198 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observadons (orSum Wgts)
0.00735 -0.00419 13.74017 61.36364
88
Source Mod4W Error
C Total
AnalysisOfVadance
OF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Rado
1
120.226
120.226
0.6368
86
16236.138
188.792
Pmb:..F
87
16358.364
0.4271
Term Intercept
PFOS
ParameterEsdmatn
Esdmate
59.722236 0.5719843
SW Error
2.525093 0.716766
t Rado 23.65 0.80
Pmb>ftl <.Oool
0.4271
FIGURE 2
Scatter Plot of Estcadiol and PFOS, Both Locations Cominbed, 1995
GStradiolBy PF@OS
Without Employee A
110000
100.000
90.000 80.000 'a 70.000 60.000
case a
50.000 40.000
30.000 .000
2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 14. PFOS
- PolynorrdRatldogr".2 - UnearRt
PolywffialRt dogree-2
Estadol m 65.8629 - 3.1OSSO PFOS + 0.34755 PF;OSA2
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adl
Root Me= Square Ermr Mean of Response
Obswvadons (orSum Wgts)
0.020652 -0.00277 13.40325 61.01149
87
Source
Model Error
C Total
An*Ws ofVariance
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratio
2
316.639
158.320
0.8813
84
15090.349
179.647
Prob>F
86
15406.989
0.4180
Term
Intercept PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmatos
Estimate 65.862871 -3.105693 0.3475472
Std Error 4.074112 2.339491
0.278213
t Rado 16.17 -1.33 1.25
Pmb>pl <.0001 0.1879
0.2151
LinearFft Estradiol- 62.027 1 - 0 3686 1 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.002356 -0.00938 13.44737 61.01149
87
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum ofSquares
Mean Square
F Rado
1
36.295
36.295
0.2007
as
15370.694
180.832
Prob>F
as
15406.989
0.6553
TWM IntereW PFOS
Pwamew
Es*mft 62-027069 -0.368607
Esdmates
SW Eme 2.686488 0.822768
t Rado 23.09 -0.45
Pwb.-.ftl <.Oool 0.6553
APPENDIX A TotalBilirubiannd PFOS ScatterPlots
DRAFT
Scattec Plot oE TotaL Bilicubin and PFOS, Both Locations Combined, 1995 TotalBifirubiBny PFOS
300
2.50
2.00
C-! 1.50
1.00 se 0
0.50 00
0.00 .00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
- UnearFit - PolynomiaRlt dogme-2
Unew Fit
TotalBlOrubin- 0.78247- 0.02927PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSqtjaroAdi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations(orSum Wgts)
0.022279 0.016692 0.363488 0.7186"
177
Source Model Error C Total
An*Ws ofVariance
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.526856
0.526856
3.9876
175
23.121618
0.132124
Prob>F
176
23.648475
0.0474
Term
Intercept PFOS
ParameterEstimates
Estimate 0.7824732 -0.029269
Std Error 0.04205
0.014657
t Ratio
18.61 -2.00
Pmb>pl <.0001 0.0474
PolynomialFitdogree-2 TotalBilrubin 0.86632- 0.09918PFOS + 0.00846PFOSA 2
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adj
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.051674 0.040773 0.359009 0.718644
177
Source Model Error C Total
AnalysisofVaOance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
1.222006
0.611003
4.7406
174
22.426468
0.12assa
Prob>F
176
23.648475
0.0099
Term lntempt PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmide O.SOWIS -0.099182 0.008459
SW Erfor 0.054748 0.033404
0.003642
t Rado 15.81 -Z97 2.32
Prob>ftl <.0001 0.0034 0.0214
Scattec Plot of Total Bilicubin aridPFOS, Antwecp, 1995 Total13ilirubBiyn PFOS
300
2.50
2.00
c,3 1.50
1.00
o.so .00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
- Unew Fit - PolynomiaRlt dogres-2
Unew Fit
TotalBilrubinm 0.92001- 0.02927 PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSqtjare RSquare Adi Root Me= Square Error Mean of Response Observadons (orSum Wgts)
0.017786 0.006365 0.407279 0.863636
as
Source Model Error
C Total
AnalysisofVariance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.258313
0.258313
1.5573
86
14.265323
0.165876
Prob>F
87
14.523636
0.2155
Term
Intercept PFOS
Parameter Estimates Estimate Std Error 0.9200069 0.062664 -0.029266 0.023452
tRato 14.68 -1.25
Prob>Rl <.0001 0.2155
PolynomialFitdogree-2 TotalBigrubin- 0.96548 - 0.07872 PFOS + 0.00697 PFOSA 2
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error
Mean ofResponse Observafions (orSum Wgts)
0.027505 0.004623 0.407635 0.863636
88
Source Model
Error C Total
Analysisof Vadance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.399470
0.199735
1.2020
as
14.124166
0.166167
Prob>F
87
14.523636
0.3056
Term lnwmopt PFOS PFOS^2
Parameter Estimates
Esdmale 0.9654789
-0.078719 0.0060749
SW Error 0.07979 O.OSW65 0.0075N
t Ratio 12.10 -1.34 0.92
Prob>ftl <.0001 0.1825
0.35M
Scattec Plot of TotaL Bilicubin and PFOS, Decatuc, 1995 TotalBilirubiBny PFOS
300
2.50
2.00
1.50 co
1.00
0.50
0.00 .00
2.00 4.00 6.00 S.@ PFOS
10-00 12.00 14.00
- Unew Rt - PolrmniWFitdogroo-2
Unew Rt TotalBiliubin- 0.59712- 0.00898 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mom of Response Observations(orSum Wgts)
0.004472 -0.00697 0.249626 0.575281
89
Source Model Error C Total
Ana"s ofVadance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mom Square
F Ratio
1
0.0243540
0.024354
0.3908
87
5.4212639
0.062313
Prob>F
88
5."56180
0.5335
Term lntemept PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Estimate 0.5971232 -0.008979
Std Effor 0.043827 0.014363
t Redo 13.62 -0.63
Pmb>ftl <.0001 0.5335
Po"tTgal Fitdogres-2
TotalBiffrubi-n0.66974- 0.05867PFOS + 0.00518PFOSA 2
Summary ofFit
RSquare
0.032545
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.010046 0.247508 0.575281
89
Source Model Error
C Total
AnalysisofVadance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.1772262
0.088613
1.4465
86
5.2683918
0.061260
Prob>F
88
5."56180
0.2411
Term Intercept PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmales
Esdmate 0.6897418 -0-OSM2 0.0051833
Sid Enor 0.063258 0.034531 0.003281
t Rado 10.59 -1.70
1.58
Pmb>ftl <.0001 o.om 0.1178
Scattec Plot oE TotaL Bilicubin and PFOS, Both LocatLons CombLned, 1997 TotalBifirubBiyn PFOS
250
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00 .00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 PFOS
Unew Rt PolynordalFitdogroo=2
Unew Fit
TotalBlinibin- 0.7185- 0.02683 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response ObservwJons (orSum Wgts)
0.016221 0.009483 0.322046 0.672973
148
Source Model Ermr C Total
AnalysisofVadance
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.249674
0.249674
2.4073
146
15.142218
0.103714
Prob>F
147
15.391892
0.1229
Term Intercept
PFOS
ParameterEstimates
Estimate 0.7184974 -0.025825
Std Error 0.039518 0.016645
t Rado 18.18 -1.55
Pmb>pl <.0001 0.1229
PolynomialFitdogree-2
TotalBifirubin 0.78963 - 0.10456 PFOS + 0.012PFOSA 2 Summary ofFtt
RSquare RSquare Ad]
0.045789 0.032628
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observafions (orSum Wgts)
0.318261 O@672973
148
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.704787
0.352393
3.4790
145
14.687105
0.101290
Prob>F
147
15.391892
0.0334
Term intwcmx PF-OS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 0.7896264 -0.104564 0.0120049
SW Error 0.05149 0.040625 0.005663
t Rado 15.34 -2.57 2.12
Prob>ftl <.0001 0.0111 0.0357
ScatteC PLOT of Totdt Bilicubin and PFOS, Antwerp, 1997
2.50
TotalBilirubiBny PFOS
2.00
1.50
i.oo
0.50 ago a
a a
.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00 10.00
PFOS
L
Unew Fit PolywffdalFitdogr".2
Unear Rt
TotalBilrubin 0.8517- 0.03647 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSqtjare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response observations (orSum Wgts)
0.014291 -0.00161 0.385334 0.796875
64
Source Model Ermr C Total
Analysisd Vaftnco
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.1334670
0.133467
0.8989
62
9.2059080
0.148482
Prob>F
63
9.3393750
0.3468
Term Intercept PFOS
Parameter Estimates
Estfinale 0.8516999 -0.036474
Std Error 0.075259 0.038471
t Ratio 11.32 -0.96
Prob>Rl <.0001 0.3468
PolynomialFitdogr".2
Total SiOrubin 0.9635 - 0.22847 PFOS + 0.0462 PFOSA 2
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adi
0.051848 0.020761
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Ob"rvaflons (orSum Wgis)
0.318261 0.672973
148
Source Model Error C Totw
AnalysisofVariance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Rato
2
0.704787
0.352393
3.4790
145
14.687105
0.101290
Prob>F
147
15.391892
0.0334
TWM
PFOG PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 0.7896264 -0.104564 0.0120040
SW Error
0.05149 0.040as 0.00560
tRa#o 15-34 -2.57 2.12
Prob.-.pl
-c.0001 0.0111 0.0367
Scattec PlOt of Totdl Bilicubin and PFOS, Antwecp, 1997
2.50
TotalBilirubiBny PFOS
2.00
1.50 J.C)O
0.60
.00
2.00 4.00
6.00
8.00 10.00
PFOS
Unew Rt PolywffdalRt dogree-2
Unear Rt
TotalBilrubin.,0.8617- 0.03647 PFOS
Summary of Rt
RSquare RScpjare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observagons (orSum Wgts)
0.014291 -0.00161 0.385334 0.796875
64
source Model Error C Total
Ana"s d Vadance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rado
1
0.1334670
0.133467
0.8989
62
9.2069080
0.148482
Prob>F
63
9.3393750
0.3468
Term Intercept PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 0.8516999 -0.036474
Std Error 0.075259 0.038471
tRado 11.32 -0.96
Pmb>@l <.0001 0.3468
PolynarrdaFlitdogr".2
Total SiUrubin 0.9635 - 0.22847 PFOS + 0.0462 PFOSA 2
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adi
0.051848 0.020761
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Respon3G Observadons (orSum Wgts)
0.381007 0.796875
64
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
OF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.4842255
0.242113
1.6678
61
8.8551495
0.14SI66
Prob>F
63
9.3393750
0.1971
Term
intempt PFOS PFOSA2
Parwmter
Esdmate 0.963501 -022"68 0.0461951
Esdmates
SW Effor 0.103492 0.1 0.029718
tRago 9.31 -1.77 I.SS
Prob:..Pl
-c.0001 0.0821 0.1253
SCatter Plot of Total BiLicubin and PFOS, Decatuc, 1997 TotalBilirubiBny PFOS
2.50
2.00
1.50 39 1.00
0.50
0.00 .00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
PFOS
Unew Fit PdynorWal Rt dogroeq
Unew Rt
TotalBilrubin O.SGWS - 0.00894 PFos
Summary ofRt
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations(orSum Wgts)
0.004924 -0.00721
0.229 0.578671
84
Source
Model Error C Totw
An*W.s ofVariance
OF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.0212775
0.021278
0.4057
82
4.3001510
0.052"1
Prob>F
83
4.3214286
0.5259
Term Intercept PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Estimate Std Error 0.5960926 0.037161 -0.008937 0.01403
t Ratio
16.04 -0.64
Pmb>ftl <.0001 0.5259
PolynomialFitdogres-2
TotalBilrubinm 0.68287 - 0.09408 PFOS + 0.01143 PFOSA 2
Summary ofRt
RSquare RSquare Adj
0.071405 0.048477
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Respon3o Observations (orSum Wgis)
0.222579 0.578571
84
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Vadance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.3085734
0.154287
3.1143
81
4.0128552
0.049541
Prob>F
83
4.3214286
0.0498
Term
lnwmw PFOS PFOS^2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate d.68n676 -0.094082
0.011426
Sid Ermr 0.05102 0.0378M 0.004745
tRado 13.38 -2.48 2-41
Prob>pl -c.0001 0.0151 0.0183
FLGURE I
Scattec Plot of Estcadiot and PFOS, Both Locations Combined, 1995
ES[f.idiaBly PFOS
11000()
100000
17000"0000(li 90.000
80.000 70.000
60.000 50.000
40.000
a ree Gas as
%
30.000 .000
2-000
4.000
6.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 14.000 PFOS
Po"oaM Rt doW"4 Unew Fk
PokrAxdW Fk dogr"4
EsovxWl - 66.4703 - 3.60448 PFOS + 0.42197 PF;OSA2
Summary of Rt
RSquare RSquare AcQ RocrtMe= Square Error
Mean d A f"
4w1a-@06m9m--SM YAP)
0.07616 0.05"23 13.33314 61.30"
Source mociai Error
C Total
Ana"s ofVaftnoo
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratlo
2
1245.701
822.850
3.5036
as
15110.663
177.773
Prob>F
87
16356.3"
0.0345
TWM
lntemept PFOS
PFOSA
2
Parameter Esdm
Es*nate 66.470276 -3.60"77
0.4219692
Std Error 3.632698
1.7997 0.167705
t Rado 10.30 -2.00 2.52
Prob@-PI -c.0001 0.0484
0.0137
Estradiol 59.7222 + 0 57198 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observadons (ofSum Wgts)
0.00735 -0.00419 13.74017 61.36364
88
Source Model Error
C Total
An*313 OfVariance
OF
Sum ofSquares
Mew Square
F Ratio
1
120.226
120.226
o.sm
as
16236.138
188.792
Probz..F
87
18356.364
0.4271
Term intercept
PFOS
Pwameter Eodmd"
Estimate
59-722236 0.5719843
SW Error 2.525093 0.716766
t Ratio
23.65 0.80
Prob>ftl <.Oooi 0.4271
FIGURE 2
Scatter Plot of EstradioL and PFOS, Both Locations Cominbed, 1995
r:stradiBayl PFOS
WithoUt Employee A
110000
100.000
90.000
80.000
67090000.0.-.0.o000o0C00)0o00o
60.000
F
50.000
40.000
% %
30.000 .000
2.000
4.000 6.000 8.000 10-000 12.000 1. PFOS
- Pokrgw" Rtdogr"-2 - Unew Fk
P*wr" Rtdogr".2
Di- 66.8= - 3.1060 PFOG + o.34755 pFor,,A2
Summaiy of Rt
RSquare RSquwo Adl Rout Mom Square Error
Mean d Response Obseriadons (orSum Wgto)
0.020562 -0-00277 13.40325 61.01149
87
source Model &mr C Totw
Ana"s d Vaftnoo
DF
Sum ofSquwas
Mom Square
F RatJo
2
316.639
158.320
0.8813
84
15090.349
179.647
Prob>F
aG
15406.989
0.4180
Term Intwcopt
PFOS
PFOSA
2
Pwameter Esdmates
Esdmato 65.862871
-3-105693 0.3475472
Sid Emr 4.074112
2.339491 0.278213
tRado 16.17 -1.33 1.25
Prob>pl <.Oool
0.1879 0.2151
Line.irF,c E 31(adiol 62 02 71 - 0 3686 1 PFo.-i
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observadon3 (orSum Wgts)
0.002356 -0.00938 13.44737 61.01149
87
Source Model Erme C Total
Analysisof Variance
OF
Sum ofSquares
Mean Square
F Ratio
1
36.295
36.295
0.2007
85
15370.694
180-832
Prob>F
86
lS406.989
0.6553
Tam [ntomqx
PFOS
&*nft
SZO27069 -0.368607
SM Error 2.686488 0.82276a
t Rado 23.09 -0-45
Prob.-.Pl -c.0001 0.6553
APPEi%4DEX B UnconjugatedBilirubiannd PFOS ScatterPlots
DRAFT
RSquare Adi Root mean Square Erro(
Mean ofResponse observations (orSum Wgts)
-002446 934987S
42 3=3 84
Source Model Error C Totai
AnalySi3Of Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rado
2
1.6333
0.8166
0.0093
al
7081.0334
87.4202
Prob>F
83
7082.6667
0.9907
TWM
lntereep PFOS PFOSA2
Pwwn*WWMMISG
Es*nm 42.334847
.02= 0.0272273
SW Ermr 2.143189 1.591892 0.199313
t Rado
19.85 -0.13 0.14
Pmb>ftl 4.0001 0.9002 0.8917
Scatter
PLat of Unconjugated 'BLlicubinand PFOS, Both Locations Cofnbined,
UnconjugatedbilirubBiyn PFOS
1995
'30
2.0
1.0
0.5
0.0-
.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
Unear Fit PolynomialFitdogree-2
UnGw Fit
Uncon@Qated birtrub-in0.56837- 0.0285 PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSqtjareAdj
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observagans (orSum Wgts)
0.024418 0.018843 0.337753 0.506215
177
Source Model Error C Total
An*sis ofVariance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.499660
0.499660
4.3800
175
19.963503
0.114077
Prob>F
176
20.463164
0.0378
Term Intercept PFOS
Parameter Estimates
Estimate
0.5683746 -0.028503
Std Error 0.039072
0.013619
tRatio
14.55 -2.09
Prob>@l
<.0001 0.0378
Po@nomial Fitdegree-2
Unconjugated billrubi-n0.65239- 0.09941PFOS + 0.00858PFO S^2 Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adi
0.05,9356 0.048544
Root Mean Square Error moan ofResponse
observations(orSum Wgts)
0.332602 0.506215
177
Source Model Error
C Total
AnalysisofVariance
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratio
2
1.214616
0.607308
5.4898
174
19.248548
0.110624
Prob.,.,.F
176
20.463164
0.0049
Term lntomw
PFOS PFOSA2
ParameterEsdmates
Estimate
0.6523913 -0.009406 0.0085787
SW Error 0.060721 0.030947 0.003374
t Ratio
12.86 -3.21 2.54
Prob>pl c.0001 0.0016 0.0119
Scatter PLot of Unconjugated Bilirubin and PFOS, Antwecp, 1995 UnconjugatedbibrubinBy PFOS
3.0
2S
2.0
1.0
0.5-=seaa:n
0.0 .00
2.00
4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 PFOS
Unew Fit PolynorNalFitdogres-2
Unew Fit
Uricon)jgatedbilrubi-n0.69447- 0.02604PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Effor Mean of Response Observations(orSum Wgts)
0.018651 0.005217 0.374674 0.644318
Source Model Ermr C Total
An*ds ofVarknoo
DF
Sum of Squares Mom Square
F Ratio
1
0.204426
0.204426
1.4562
86
12.072733
0.140381
Prob>F
87
12.277159
0.2308
To= Intercept
PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Estmate 0.6944654 -0.026036
Std Error 0.057638 0.021575
tRatio
12.05 -1.21
Prob>ftl <.0001 0.2308
PolynomialRt dogreaq
Unconjugated billrubi-n0.73919 - 0.07468 PFOS
Summary ofFit R Sq uaro RSquare Adi
+ 0.00686 PFOSA2
0.027775 0.004899
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.374734 0.644318
88
Source Model Error
C Total
Analysisof Vatiance
OF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rato
2
0.340994
0.170497
1.2141
85
11.936165
0.140425
Prob>F
87
12.277159
0.3021
Term
intwc"x PFOS PFOSA 2
Parameter Esdmatas
Esftgo 0.73919M -0.074678 0.0068606
SW Enor 0.07335 0.063838 O.OM57
t Rado 10.08 -1.39 0.99
Prob>pl -c.0001
0.16M 0.3268
Scatter PLot of Unconjugated BiLicubLn and PFOS, Decatur, 1995 UnconjugatedbionibinBy PFOS
30
2.5
2.0
'E 1.0-
0.5 man m06 a
0.0 .00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
Unew Fit PotynordalPt dogres-2
Unew Fit
Unconpgated bilrubi-n 0.39803- 0.01166 PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean of ReeMnse ObservafJons(orSum Wgts)
0.008475 -0.00292 0.235059 0.369663
89
Source Model Error C Total
An*sls ofVariance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Rado
1
0.0410886
0.041089
0.7436
87
4.8070013
0.055253
Prob>F
88
4.8480899
0.3909
Term lntempt P FO S
Parameter Esdmates
Esdfnate 0.3980339 -0.011663
Std Error 0.04127 0.013525
tRatio 9.64 -0.86
Prob>ftl -c.0001 0.3909
PolynomialFitdogree-2 Unconjugatedbillrubinn0.48279- 0.06966PFOS
Summary ofFit RSquare
+ 0.00605PFOSA2 0.051431
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.029371 0.231244 0.369663
89
Source Model Error
C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.2493418
0.124671
2.3314
86
4.5987481
0.053474
Prob>F
as
4.8480899
0.1033
Term lntorompt PFOG PFOS^2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdrnate 0.4827917 -0.069683 O.OOGMS
Sid Effor 0.050102 0.032262 0.003066
t Rago 8.17 -2.16
1.97
Pmb>#l -c.0001 0.0336 0.0517
Scattec Plot of Unconjugated Biticubin and PFos, Both Locations Combined, 1997
UnconjugatedbifirubBiyn PFOS 2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0 -
0.5-
a own=
0.0
.00
.:ago
2.00
0
4.00
6.00
PFOS
----------
8.00
10.00
Unear Fit PolynorrdaFlitdoW"-2
Unew Rt
Unconimated bilrubinn 0.57745- 0.0194 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSquare RSqtjwo Adj Root Mom Square Error
Mean d Response observations(orSum Wgts)
0.012338 0.005573 0.277986 0.543243
148
Source Model Error C Totw
An*sis d Vadance
DF
Sum ofSquare$ Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.140939
0.140939
1.8238
146
11.282304
0.077276
Prob>F
147
11.423243
0.1789
Term Intercept
PFOS
Parameter Estimates
Estimate
0.577447 -0.019403
Std Error 0.034111
0.014368
t Ratio
16.93 -1.35
Pmb>@l <.0001 0.1789
PolynomialR dogree=2 Unconjugated billrubi-n0.64247- 0.09138PFOS
Summary of Fit RSquare
+ 0.01097 PFOS^2 0.045634
RSquare Adi
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.03247
0.274201 0.543243
148
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.521284
0.260642
3.4666
145
10.901959
0.075186
Prob>F
147
11.423243
0.0338
Term
lntwwpt
PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Estimates
Esdmdo 0.6424713 -0.091384 0.0109746
SW Error 0.044361 0.03SWI 0.004879
t Rado 14.48 -asi 2.25
Pmb>ftl <.0001 0.0100 0.0260
Scattec Plot of Unconjugated Bilicubin and PFOS, Antwecp, 1997 Unconjugatedbili(ubBiyn PFOS
25
2.0
1.5
1.0
o.,s
0.0
.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
PFOS
Unew Rt PolynorrdaRlt dogres.2
Unew Fit
Uricon)jgatodbilrubi-n0.69161- 0.02872 PFOS
Summary ofRt
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean d Response Observations(orSum Wgts)
0.01217 -0.00376 0.329151 0.648438
64
source Mocial Error C Total
Analysids Vaftnoo
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
0.0827520
0.082752
0.7638
62
6.7170917
0.108340
Prob>F
63
6.7998437
0.3855
Term Intercept PFOS
ParameterEstimates
Estimate 0.6916073
-0.02872
StdError
0.064286 0.032862
t Ratio
10.76 -0.87
Prob>@l <.0001 0.3855
PolynomialFitdogree-2 Unconjugated bilirubi-n0.78708- 0.19268PFOS
Summary of Fit RSqtjare RSqtjare Adi
+ 0.03945PFOSA2
0.049788 0.018634
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Obsorvabons (orSum Wgts)
0.325458 0.648438
64
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.3385540
0.169277
1.5981
61
6.4612897
0.105923
Prob>F
63
6.7998437
0.2106
Term lnwc"A PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
ENhWe 0.7870832
-0.192677 0.0394497
Std Ermr 0.088403 0.110395 0.025386
tRado 8.90 -1.75 1.55
Pmb>pl 4.0001 0.0860 0.1254
Scattec PLot of Unconjugated BLlicubin and PFOS, Decatuc, 1997 Unconjugated bilirub1i3nyPFOS
2.5
2.0 1.5
1.c)-
0.5- no= a a
so
a am a ones a
a
as
0.0 .00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
PFOS
Unew Rt - Po"rrJalRtdogr"-2
Unew Rt
Uriconjugatedbilrubl-n 0.47268- 0.00489 PFOS
Summary of Rt
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mean Square Erwr Mean ofR"ponse Observagons (orSum Wgts)
0.001886 -0.01029 0.202702 0.463095
84
Source Moclel Error C Total
AnalysWd Vaftnee
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratlo
1
0.0063673
0.006367
0.1550
82
3.3692280
0.041088
Prob>F
83
3.3756952
0.6949
Term Intempt PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 0.47268 -0.004889
SW Error 0.032893
0.012419
tRdo 14.37 -0.39
Pmb>pl -c.0001 0.6949
PolyriorNaFld dogro"2
Unconjugatedbiurubin- 0.5544- 0.08508PFOS + 0.01076 PFOSA 2 Summary ofFit
RSquare
0.077372
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observations (orSum Wgts)
0.054591 0.196086 0.463095
84
Source Model
Error C Total
AnalysisofVariance
DF
Sum ofSquares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
0.2611750
0.130588
3.3963
al
3.1144202
0.038450
Prob>F
83
3.3755952
0.0383
Tam
lnwcw PFOS PFOS^2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 0.5544015
-O.OBWS 0.01076"
SW Ermr 0.0""7 0.03338
0.00418
tRado
12-33 -2.55 2.67
Pmb:.gl <.0001 0.0127 0.0119
APPENDIX C HDL atidPFOS ScatterPlots
-.@@@,--I,
DRAIFT
Scattec Plot of HDL Cholestecol and PFOS, Both Locations Combined, 1995
HOL-CholesterolBy PFOS
100 90
80
70.
60
so
40
P%ir 8#-0dL & L%m 0
30-
20
10-
0 11 .00
2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
Unew Rt PolynorriaRlt dogme-2
Unew Rt
HDL-Oholmorol - 51.0197-1.17509 PFOS
Summary of Fit
RSqtjare RSquare Adj
Root Mom Square Error Mean d Response Observadons (orSum Wgts)
0.030337
0.0247 12.55611 48.45977
174
Source
Model Error C Total
An*Ws ofVadanco
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Raflo
1
848.392
848.392
5.3813
172
27116.827
157.656
Prob>F
173
27965.218
0.0215
Term Intercept
PFOS
Parameter Estimates
Esdmate 51.01971 -1.17509
Std Error 1.457347 0.506557
tFlato 35.01 -2.32
Prob>gl <.0001 0.0215
PolynomiaFlitdogr".2
HOL-Cholesterol 53.5286-3-30537 PFOS + 0.25758 PFOSA 2 Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adi
0.053266 0.042193
Root Mean Square Error Mean of Response Observadons (orSum Wgis)
12."3 48.45977
174
Source Model Error C Total
Analos ofVadance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rafio
2
1489.605
744.802
4.8105
171
26475.614
154.828
Prob>F
173
27965.218
0.0093
Term intemept PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 53.5286 -3.306373 0.257676
SW Error 1.898856 1.160937 0.12657
t Rago 28.19 -2.86
2.04
Prob>ftl -c.0001 0.0060 0.0434
SCattec PLot of HDL and PFOS, Antwerp, L995
HDL-CholosterolBy PFOS
100 90 80 70 60
50
40 302010
0 .00
2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 PFOS
14.00
- Unew Fit - PolynoffdFailtdogree-2
Unew Fit
HDL-Chaktgeml - 55.2981- 0.93355PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSqtjare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean d Response
observations(orSum Wgts)
0.019736 0.008337 12.32088
53.5 88
Source Mocial Error
C Total
Analysids Vaftnoo
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
262.842
262.842
1.7315
86
13055.158
151.804
Prob>F
87
13318.000
0.1917
Term lntemept PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate 55.298149
-0.933553
StclError 1.895379 0.709469
t Ratio
29.18 -1.32
Pmb>ftl <.0001 0.1917
PolynomialFitdogreem2
HDL-Cholosteral - 56-91 - 2.68656 PFOS + 0.24725 PFOSA 2
Summary of Fit
RSquare
0.033054
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observatons (orSum Wgts)
0.010302 12.30867
S3.5 88
Source Model Error C Totw
AnalysisOf Variance
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Rato
2
440.212
220.106
1.4528
as
12877.788
151.503
Prob>F
87
13318.000
0.2397
Term
inwcqn PFOS PFOS^2
Parametw Esdmates
Esdmate 56.910034 -2.686566 0.2472466
Std Error 2.400276 1.768392 0.228508
t Rado 23.62 -1.52 1.08
Prob:,.ftl -c.0001 0.1324 0.2823
Scatter Plot of HOr@and PFos, Decatuc, 1995
100 90 so 70Goso 40-
30 2010-
0.00
HOL-Cholosterol By PFos
%%a a
2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10-00 12.00 14.00 PFOS
Unew Fit - PolynorrJRatldogres-2
Unear Rt
HDL-Cholostard - 45.0317- 0.7097 PFOS
Summary ofRt
RSquare
RSquare Adj
R
ve Error
Mean of Roqwnso
Obseriadons (orSum Wgts)
0.014998 0.003272 10.8&T"
43.30233
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Vwfar"
DF
Sum of Squares
Mom Square
F Ratio
1
151.843
151.843
1.2790
84
9972.296
118.718
Prob>F
85
10124.140
0.2613
Term Intemept PFOS
Parameter Estimates
Estimate 45.031672 -0.709695
SW Error 1.928382 0.627527
t Ratio
23.35 -1.13
Pmb>ftl -c.0001
0.2613
PolynomialFrtdogr".2 HDL-Cholostarol - 47.1802 - 2.18908 PFOS
Summary of Fit RSquare
+ 0.16422 PFOSA2 0.028286
RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error
Moan ofResponse Observaflon3 (OfSUM WgtS)
0.004872
10.88702 43.30233
86
Source Model Error
C Total
AnalysisOf VadanCO
OF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Rago
2
266.376
143.188
1.2081
83
9837.764
118.527
Prob>F
85
10124.140
0.3040
Term lnwcw
PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmates
Es*nate 47.180201 -2.ISSM 0.1542222
SW Error
2.789208 1.523604 0.1"758
t Ralio 16-92 -1-44
1.07
Prob:..ftl -c.0001 0.1545 0.2898
Scattec Plot of HDL and PFOS, Both Locations Combined, 1997
HOL-CholosterolBy PFOS
100 90 80 70
60 so
9
4 0-
%%
%
30
20-
10
.00 1.00 2-00 3.00 4.00 S.W 6.00 7.W 8.00 o.w lo.w PFOS
12.00
Unear Rt Po"ridal Rt dogroeq
Unew Fit
HDL-Chol"orol n 46.3275- 0.45133PFOS
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSquare Adi Root Mean Square Error
Mean d Response Obswvadons (orSum Wgts)
0.004661 -0.00212 10.57408 45.53691
149
Source Model Error
C Total
Ana"s ofVadance
DF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Rago
1
76.804
76.804
0.6869
147
16436.243
111.811
Prob:PF
148
16513.047
0.4086
Term lntemept
PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate
46.327525 -0.451333
Std Error
1.288559 0.544563
t Rago 35.95 -0.83
Prob>@l <.0001 0.4086
PolynardaFlitdogr".2
HOL-Cholosteral- 46.8473-1.03203 PFOS + 0.08884PFOSA 2
Summary ofFit
RSquare RSqtjare Adl
0.006173 -0.00744
Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observaton,s (OfSUM Wgt3)
10.60212 45.53691
149
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum of Squares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
101.936
so 968
0.4534
146
16411.111
112.'406
Prob>F
148
16613.047
0.6363
Term
Intercept PFOS PFOSA2
Parameter Esdmaws
Es*nate 46.847332 -1.032032
o.oee84O4
SW Error I.NW67
1.343985 0.187882
t Ratio
27.62 -0.77 0.47
Prob>pl <.0001 0.4438 0.6370
Scattec PLot of HDL and PFOS, Antwecp, 1997
100 go-
80 70-
HOL-CholesterolBy PFOS
s"o0-9 40 % C3 x 30-
20 10
.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.0010.00 PFOS
12.00
Unew Rt P*wngal Rt dogme-2
UnewRt
HDL-Chole3twd - 50.2864- 0.41131 PFOS Summary of Rt
RSquare RSquare Adj Root Mom Square Error
Mom ofResponse Cbservation3(orSum Wgts)
0.00232 -0.01352 10.86"2 49.67692
65
Source Model Error
C Total
An*,sisofVadarce
OF
Sum ofSquares Mean Square
F Ratio
1
17.2928
17.293
0.1465
63
7436.9226
118.046
Prob>F
64
7454.2154
0.7032
Term Intercept
PFOS
ParameterEstimates
Es*noo
50.28CA04 -0.41131
Std Effor 2.086111
1.074642
tRatio 24.11 -0.38
Prob>pl <.0001
0.7032
Po"rrial Frtdogr".2
HOL-Cholosternol52.4254- 4.16781PFOS + 0.90954PFOSA 2 Summary of Fit
RSquare RSquare Adj
0.020968 -0.01061
Root Mean Square Error Mean ofResponse Observations (orSum Wgts)
10.84934 49.67692
ss
Source Model Error C Total
Analysisof Variance
DF
Sum ofSquares
Mean Square
F Ratio
2
156.3026
78.151
0.6639
62
7297.9128
1.17.708
Prob>F
64
7454.2154
0.5184
TWM InUmW PFOS PFOSA2
Pwwotor Estimate
52.425357 -4.167812 0.9096417
Estimates
SW Etmr 2.865909 3.819458 0.836957
t Rado 18.29 -1.15
1.00
Pmb@-ftl -c.0001 02mg 0.2814
Scattec PLot of HDL and PFOS, Decatuc, 1995
HDL-CholosteroBly PFOS
100 -
90 -
8070-
so-
%
so- rso!f@e: %
,ma
=-a a
9 40-
%
30-se
20-
10
0 .00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 PFOS
8.00 9.00 10.00
12.00
UnewRt P*wfdal Pt dogroo=2
UnewRt
HDL-Cholestwd - 42.3281+ 0.00268 PFOS
Summary ofFit
R@Squwo
RSquwo Adj Root Mean Square Error Mean d RoWnse ObsermiJons (orSum Wgts)
2.712o-7 -0.01219 9.293759 42.
84
Souroo Model Error
C Total
Analysisd Vaftnoo
DF
Sum of Squares Mean Square
F Rado
1
0.0019
0.0019
0.0000
82
7082.6647
86.3740
Prob>P
83
7082.6667
0.9962
Term
lntempt PFOS
Parameter Esdmates
Esdmate
42.328069 0.002685
Std Error 1.508131 0.569385
t Ratio
28.07 0.00
Prob>pl <.0001 0.9962
PolynorNalFitdogres-2
HDL-Cholosterol n 42.5348 - 0.20021 PFOS + 0.02723 PFOSA2
Summary ofFit
RSquare
0.000231