Table 2 Limits of Detection (LOD) Mean and Standard Deviations of concentrations mg/kg of elements measured in the cohort of 26 parents of children from Fallujah with congenital anomalies
Element | LOD | Normal lab range | Literature 43 Means and SDs unexposed | Mean concentration In CA parents | Standard Deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calcium* | 0.04 | 220-1600 | 750 (660) | 3622 | 2736 |
Magnesium* | 0.015 | 20-130 | 46 (38) | 364.9 | 271 |
Chromium | 0.003 | 0.03-0.68 | 0.167 (0.118) | 0.16 | 0.14 |
Cobalt* | 0.001 | 0.02-0.57 | 0.013 (0.011) | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Copper | 0.004 | 10.0-41.0 | 25 (21) | 24.38 | 9.18 |
Iodine | 0.002 | 0.05-5.0 | 0.68 (0.58) | 0.16 | 0.14 |
Iron* | 0.039 | 4.6-17.7 | 9.6 (4.4) | 25.15 | 18.56 |
Manganese* | 0.003 | 0.12-1.30 | 0.56 (0.55) | 2.18 | 2.23 |
Molybdenum | 0.001 | 0.02-1.00 | 0.042 (0.02) | 0.07 | 0.04 |
Selenium | 0.029 | 0.21-5.46 | 0.830 (0.280) | 1.42 | 2.59 |
Vanadium* | 0.001 | 0.01-0.73 | 0.027 (0.024) | 0.37 | 0.26 |
Zinc* | 0.012 | 150-272 | 142 (29) | 340 | 230 |
Boron | 0.104 | 0.07-0.9 | 0.670 (0.620) | 1.1 | 0.84 |
Germanium | 0.003 | < 1.65 | 0.0046 (0.0031) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Lithium | 0.001 | < 0.53 | 0.017(0.013) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Strontium* | 0.000 | 0.65-6.90 | 1.20 (1.00) | 26.9 | 2.78 |
Tungsten | 0.000 | < 0.06 | 0.0053 (0.0049) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Aluminium* | 0.217 | < 8.00 | 8.2 (4.8) | 16.25 | 12.27 |
Antimony | 0.001 | < 0.6 | 0.022 (0.017) | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Arsenic | 0.005 | < 1.00 | 0.085(0.054) | 0.1 | 0.07 |
Barium* | 0.000 | < 4.64 | 0.640 (0.490) | 5.42 | 42.8 |
Beryllium | 0.001 | < 0.20 | 0.0013 (0.0009) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bismuth* | 0.000 | < 0.27 | 0.019 (0.025) | 3.68 | 7.07 |
Cadmium | 0.001 | < 0.20 | 0.058 (0.056) | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Cerium | 0.000 | < 0.10 | 0.039 (0.05) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Caesium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | 0.00067 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dysprosium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Erbium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Europium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Gadolinium | 0.000 | < 0.02 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Gallium* | 0.000 | < 0.22 | .0025 (.0015) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Iridium | 0.001 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Lead* | 0.002 | < 3.00 | 0.960 (0.850) | 4.08 | 4.36 |
Lutetium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Mercury* | 0.003 | < 0.60 | 0.261 (0.145) | 12.41 | 42.2 |
Nickel | 0.003 | < 1.00 | 0.430 (0.400) | 0.88 | 0.86 |
Palladium* | 0.003 | < 0.04 | 0.00032 (0.00078) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Platinum | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Praseodymium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Rhenium | 0.000 | < 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Rhodium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ruthenium | 0.001 | < 0.45 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Samarium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Silver | 0.002 | < 1.00 | 0.231 (0.298) | 0.11 | 0.13 |
Tantalum | 0.001 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tellurium | 0.006 | < 0.02 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Thallium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Thorium | 0.000 | < 0.03 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Thullium | 0.000 | < 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tin | 0.001 | < 0.70 | 0.320 (0.390) | 0.67 | 2.31 |
Titanium | 0.009 | < 2.20 | 0.830 (0.680) | 0.53 | 0.31 |
Uranium 1st | 0.001 | < 0.15 | 0.057 (0.065) | 0.16 | 0.11 |
Uranium 2nd * | 0.001 | < 0.15 | 0.057 (0.065) | 0.26 | 0.09 |
Ytterbium | 0.000 | < 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Zirconium | 0.001 | < 1.47 | 0.155 (0.237) | 0.02 | 0.09 |