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Table 2 Meta-analysis on BaP and PAH4 occurrence in coffee, mate and tea

From: Comparative oesophageal cancer risk assessment of hot beverage consumption (coffee, mate and tea): the margin of exposure of PAH vs very hot temperatures

 

BaP (PAH4)

Matrix

Data source(s)

N

Mean

Median

P90

P95

P99

Coffee beans

[This study, 18,30–32,36–38,40,52–58]

180

4.12 /22.29

1.65 /12.34

10.39 / 48.55

12.64 /55.38

15.34 /62.83

Coffee infusion

[41]

36

0.004 /0.041

0 /0.033

0.012 / 0.058

0.014 /0.076

0.016 /0.095

Mate leaves

[This study, 4,5,50,59,51,60–62]

59

142.9 /872.6

78.2 /388.5

129.1 / 661.9

137.7 /685.1

219.3 /703.2

Mate infusion

[12, 46]

31

0.072 /0.214

0.026 /0.137

0.127 / 0.495

0.217 /0.584

0.532 /0.860

Tea leaves

[This study, 4,18,30,35–37,40,47,50,54,51,61,63–70]

330

8.71 /150.53

7.84 /50.66

18.52 / 131.33

25.63 / 148.52

37.95 /272.03

Tea infusiona

[53, 55, 68, 78]

36

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Values before and after / are for BaP and PAH4, respectively; values marked as (−) not calculable because raw data is not available; values reported in μg/kg for leaves/beans and μg/L for infusions. aNo distribution calculated for tea infusion because most values were below LOD
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