Research Article

Thyroid-Disrupting Activities of Groundwater from a Riverbank Filtration System in Wuchang City, China: Seasonal Distribution and Human Health Risk Assessment

Table 2

Percentage of predicted effects on T3 levels through exposure to the mean level of detected thyroidal antagonist activity in the river water and groundwater samples.

PercentageAntagonistic activity predicted effect (%)
River waterGroundwater
October 2014April 2015July 2015October 2014April 2015July 2015

Male
20–44 years56–20456–20458–20954–20052–19753–198
45–59 years57–21357–21460–21856–21054–20654–207
60–90 years55–21355–21358–21854–20952–20652–207
Female
20–44 years56–19256–19258–19754–18952–18553–186
45–59 years59–22659–22761–23157–22355–21956–220
60–90 years51–18451–18453–18949–18147–17848–179