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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2023 Jan 24;172:107771. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107771

Table 2.

Distribution of phthalate biomarker concentrations (n = 614).

Parents Metabolites LOD (ng/niL) % ≥ LOD Median (25th, 75th percentile)
DEHP MEHP 0.20 100.0 4.94 (3.11, 8.66)
MEHHP 0.05 100.0 34.66 (22.57, 53.31)
MEOHP 0.05 100.0 11.95 (8.36, 21.19)
MECPP 0.10 100.0 26.75 (17.92, 45.95)
DOP MCPP 0.02 100.0 2.71 (1.53, 5.72)
BBzP MBzP 0.01 100.0 9.58 (6.03, 15.84)
DEP MEP 0.01 99.7 94.37 (50.50, 198.67)
DBP MBP 0.02 100.0 20.70 (14.82, 30.86)
DiBP MiBP 0.05 100.0 16.92 (11.33, 25.20)

BBzP, benzyl butyl phthalate; DBP, dibutyl phthalate; DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; DEP, diethyl phthalate; DOP, dioctyl phthalate; DiBP, diisobutyl phthalate; LOD, limit of detection; MBP, monobutyl phthalate; MBzP, monobenzyl phthalate; MCPP, mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate; MECPP, mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl); MEHP, mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; MEHHP, mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate; MEOHP, mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate; MiBP, monoisobutyl phthalate.