Table 2

Urinary iodine seasonal distribution: raw data for day 1, and for day 1 corrected by the average correction method and by the variance correction method

SeasonPercentileUrinary iodine concentration distributions (µg/L)
Raw data for day 1By the average correction methodBy the variance correction method
Average of days 1 and 2Average of days 1, 2 and 3Day 1 corrected using 2 replicatesDay 1 corrected using 3 replicates
SpringFi0.7300.809
5th53.083.099.2117.6119.5
10th75.9105.7114.4134.3132.5
25th127.4143.4153.1160.8163.4
50th186.1194.2199.8198.2202.0
75th267.8259.9258.9246.8250.1
95th418.2388.9359.1342.6331.3
SummerFi0.6840.784
5th48.072.889.2109.0110.4
10th66.392.6105.9119.8122.0
25th104.2124.0137.6141.5146.4
50th158.6171.6179.2174.1178.9
75th222.6227.3230.5211.2219.1
95th360.6344.8348.6284.5312.3
AutumnFi0.7060.796
5th72.792.8102.7139.6131.6
10th99.4114.6123.0154.0148.7
25th153.4161.0163.4186.2180.3
50th222.3216.1212.8223.8218.7
75th307.8287.3276.9271.3269.6
95th513.2450.3401.4385.5364.7
WinterFi0.7030.804
5th60.275.384.9112.5107.2
10th78.495.8106.8127.6124.9
25th123.8135.4140.0153.8151.7
50th180.5185.7183.3187.1185.3
75th253.5240.4237.6225.3228.0
95th378.6350.5336.7302.1304.6
  • Fi=Sb/(Sb+Sw/di), where Sb is the SD between subjects, Sw is the SD within subjects, and di is the number of observations available for each subject.