Table 3.

Phthalate metabolite concentration (ng/mL) in 387 urine samples from mothers close to delivery, and in their children at birth, three and six months.

	% > LOD	Median (IQR)
Mother samples at delivery (M) - n: 103
Sampling time from delivery (days)		1.00 (0.00, 1.00)
MMP	66	0.22 (0.07, 0.42)
MEP	100	15 (5, 30)
MnBP	92	5 (2, 10)
MBzP	99	2.46 (1.13, 5.56)
∑DEHP	100	4 (2, 8)
Newborn samples at birth (T0) - n: 95
Sampling time from birth (days)		1.00 (0.00, 1.00)
MMP	67	0.18 (0.07, 0.34)
MEP	100	15 (9, 31)
MnBP	92	7 (3, 14)
MBzP	99	4 (1, 8)
∑DEHP	97	3.0 (1.6, 5.2)
Infant samples at 3 months (T3) - n: 92
Sampling time from birth (days)		96 (90, 103)
MMP	87	0.19 (0.13, 0.42)
MEP	100	14 (8, 36)
MnBP	100	2.5 (1.5, 4.5)
MBzP	95	0.64 (0.25, 1.56)
∑DEHP	100	2.2 (1.2, 4.8)
Infant samples at 6 months (T6) - n: 97
Sampling time from birth (days)		196 (189, 210)
MMP	96	0.40 (0.21, 0.76)
MEP	100	19 (8, 57)
MnBP	100	3.9 (2.2, 6.9)
MBzP	98	1.2 (0.6, 2.8)
∑DEHP	100	5 (3, 12)

Phthalate abbreviations are explained in Table 1 .