Evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in bottled water samples (non-carbonated, mineral, carbonated and carbonated flavored water) in Tehran with MSPE-GC/MS method: a health risk assessment

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 6 Statistical analysis of PAHs in different brands of bottled water (µg/L)

Analyte	Brand A			Brand B			Brand C			Brand D			Brand E			P value
Analyte	Min.	Max.	Mean ± SD	Min.	Max.	Mean ± SD	Min.	Max.	Mean ± SD	Min.	Max.	Mean ± SD	Min.	Max.	Mean ± SD	P value
Na	nd	0.53	0.24 ± 0.23	nd	0.69	0.36 ± 0.25	nd	0.76	0.45 ± 0.27	nd	0.51	0.24 ± 0.27	nd	0.3	0.18 ± 0.14	0.686
Ace	nd	0.7	0.4 ± 0.29	nd	0.88	0.6 ± 0.23	nd	0.9	0.65 ± 0.21	nd	0.58	0.28 ± 0.30	nd	0.52	0.32 ± 0.23	0.686
Ac	nd	nd	–	nd	0.27	0.08 ± 0.13	nd	0.32	0.16 ± 0.17	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	1
F	nd	0.87	0.58 ± 0.37	nd	0.93	0.76 ± 0.12	nd	0.98	0.79 ± 0.14	nd	0.76	0.21 ± 0.37	nd	0.7	0.52 ± 0.33	0.486
Ph	nd	0.24	0.11 ± 0.12	nd	0.27	0.13 ± 0.14	nd	0.3	0.22 ± 0.07	nd	0.2	0.13 ± 0.09	nd	0.19	0.06 ± 0.09	0.686
A	nd	0.1	0.05 ± 0.05	nd	0.07	0.05 ± 0.03	nd	nd	–	nd	0.03	0.02 ± 0.01	nd	0.11	0.05 ± 0.05	1
Fl	nd	0.64	0.18 ± 0.31	nd	0.88	0.37 ± 0.42	nd	1.23	0.67 ± 0.40	nd	0.57	0.42 ± 0.27	nd	0.71	0.2 ± 0.34	0.886
P	nd	0.3	0.11 ± 0.14	nd	0.22	0.06 ± 0.11	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	0.5	0.13 ± 0.25	0.886
B(a)A	nd	1.02	0.53 ± 0.55	nd	0.99	0.47 ± 0.39	nd	1.04	0.63 ± 0.44	nd	0.98	0.39 ± 0.44	nd	0.49	0.27 ± 0.25	0.686
Ch	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	–
B(b)F	nd	0.15	0.09 ± 0.04	nd	nd	–	nd	0.14	0.08 ± 0.04	nd	nd	–	nd	0.14	0.08 ± 0.04	0.886
B(k)F	nd	0.12	0.09 ± 0.04	nd	0.15	0.1 ± 0.05	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	0.14	0.09 ± 0.04	0.886
B(a)P	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	0.17	0.12 ± 0.05	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	–
D(h)A	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	–
B(g)P	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	–
I(cd)P	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	nd	nd	–	–
Total	0.69	5.07	2.78 ± 1.88	1.74	5.6	3.43 ± 1.73	2.42	5.84	4.15 ± 1.51	0.69	4.15	2.22 ± 1.55	0.69	4.11	2.31 ± 1.46	0.686