BMC Public Health

Table 4 The statistics of probabilistic estimation of HI and R values

From: Potentially toxic element (PTE) levels in maize, soil, and irrigation water and health risks through maize consumption in northern Ningxia, China

	Non- carcinogenic risk (HI)					Carcinogenic risk(R)(×10⁻⁵)
	Distribution	Parameters	10%	50%	90%	Distribution	Parameters	10%	50%	90%
All	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.11, SD:0.18	0.02	0.06	0.25	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 3.8, SD: 8.3	0.29	1.61	8.62
Male	Lognormal	Location:0.01, Mean:0.08, SD:0.11	0.01	0.05	0.18	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:4.4, SD: 9.5	0.26	1.28	6.35
Female	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.13, SD:0.20	0.02	0.07	0.29	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 3.3, SD: 2.0	0.34	1.85	10.03
< 20	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.18, SD:0.29	0.02	0.09	0.40	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 2.5, SD: 3.7	0.40	2.31	13.40
20 ~ 40	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.09, SD:0.12	0.02	0.06	0.20	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 3.1, SD: 5.7	0.32	1.51	7.11
40 ~ 60	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.10, SD:0.14	0.02	0.06	0.22	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 3.4, SD: 6.9	0.30	1.54	7.70
> 60	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean:0.05, SD:0.06	0.01	0.03	0.11	Lognormal	Location:0.00, Mean: 1.8 SD: 3.2	0.19	0.88	4.07

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcpublichealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com