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Table 3 Quantitative Ethanol and Methanol Contents of Suspected Referred Samples during 14 months (n = 1221)

From: Evaluation of methanol content of illegal beverages using GC and an easier modified Chromotropic acid method; a cross sectional study

 

No ethanol (n = 145)

Ethanol< 30,000 mg/L (n = 114)

Ethanol≥30,000 mg/L (n = 962)

Total Ethanol mg/L (n = 1221)

Median [IQR] Methanol (mg/L)

0

0

0

0

Median [IQR] Ethanol (mg/L)

0

20,000

[15,000- 25,000]

130,000

[70,000; 370,000]

90,000

[37,000- 327,500]

Mean ± SD Methanol (mg/L)

17,175 ± 119,330

34.53 ± 105.18

19.16 ± 74.62

2058 ± 41,371

Mean ± SD Ethanol (mg/L)

0

19,380 ± 6634

177,190 ± 197,485

177,190 ± 197,485

Methanol range (mg/L)

(0–920,000)

(0, 829)

(0, 924)

(0–920,000)

Ethanol range (mg/L)

0

(1000–29,000)

(30,000- 970,000)

(0–970,000)