Table 2.

Adjusted means of phthalate biomarkers, stratified by tertiles of dietary pattern scores, N=1,240¹

Phthalate Biomarker	DASH Diet Score			aMed Diet Score			DII Diet Score
	1st Tertile <=22	3rd Tertile >=28		1st Tertile <=3	3rd Tertile >=9		1st Tertile <=−3.49	3rd Tertile >=4.54
	Geometric Mean (SD)		P-value	Geometric Mean (SD)		P-value	Geometric Mean (SD)		P-value
MBZP, ng/mL	13.41 (2.93)	8.83 (3.03)	0.001	12.85 (2.98)	9.49 (3.10)	<0.001	8.95 (2.89)	14.61 (2.87)	<0.001
MCNP, ng/mL	2.96 (2.34)	2.59 (2.79)	0.56	2.91 (2.38)	2.97 (2.87)	0.02	2.67 (2.73)	3.23 (2.33)	0.93
MCOP, ng/mL	4.21 (2.45)	3.28 (2.77)	0.20	4.10 (2.52)	3.52 (2.73)	0.33	3.31 (2.58)	4.58 (2.42)	0.01
MCPP, ng/mL	3.42 (2.45)	2.63 (2.55)	0.16	3.40 (2.48)	2.83 (2.56)	0.05	2.73 (2.47)	3.73 (2.40)	0.17
MEP, ng/mL	97.00 (3.54)	56.81 (3.35)	<0.001	86.71 (3.39)	66.63 (3.43)	0.05	71.48 (3.57)	94.63 (3.55)	0.86
ΣDEHP, µmol/L	0.21 (2.58)	0.15 (2.61)	<0.001	0.20 (2.63)	0.16 (2.69)	0.004	0.15 (2.66)	0.23 (2.52)	<0.001
ΣDBP, µmol/L	0.13 (3.00)	0.09 (3.23)	0.54	0.13 (2.96)	0.11 (3.23)	0.25	0.10 (3.02)	0.15 (2.99)	0.08
ΣDiBP, µmol/L	0.01 (2.83)	0.01 (2.76)	0.47	0.01 (2.75)	0.01 (2.85)	0.88	0.01 (2.84)	0.02 (2.77)	0.13

Abbreviations: DASH, Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension; aMed, Mediterranean Diet; DII, Dietary Inflammatory Index; MBzP, monobenzyl phthalate; MCNP, mono carboxyisononyl phthalate; MCOP, mono carboxyisooctyl phthalate; MCPP, mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate; DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; DBP, di-n-butyl phthalate; DiBP, di-isobutyl phthalate

¹Geometric means estimated from regression models adjusted for age, creatinine, and region