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. 2023 Oct 19;131(10):107011. doi: 10.1289/EHP12097

Table 3.

Distribution of maternal urinary concentrations (ng/mL) of mOPPs, mPYRs, and mNNIs in participants from a birth cohort study in Wuhan, China, 2014–2017 (N=1,041 participants, n=1,041 samples for each trimester).

Compounds (ng/mL) MDL (ng/mL) Average trimester (n=1,041 First trimester Second trimester Third trimester
GM Median (25th–75th) DF [percentage >MDL (%)] GM Median (25th–75th) DF [percentage >MDL (%)] GM Median (25th–75th) DF [percentage >MDL (%)] GM Median (25th–75th)
mOPPs
 DEP
  Unadjusted 0.25 4.07 3.98 (2.53–6.32) 100 3.80 3.75 (1.99–6.80) 100 3.13 3.23 (1.63–5.63) 100 2.85 2.70 (1.48–5.59)
  SG-adjusted 4.16 4.01 (2.63–6.20) 4.08 3.88 (2.30–6.54) 3.57 3.47 (2.01–6.11) 3.48 3.27 (2.04–5.96)
 DMP
  Unadjusted 0.25 4.97 4.79 (2.97–7.78) 100 4.83 4.74 (2.45–9.55) 100 3.41 3.26 (1.72–6.68) 100 3.12 2.99 (1.57–5.84)
  SG-adjusted 5.07 4.78 (3.24–7.61) 5.18 4.91 (2.87–8.86) 3.89 3.57 (2.10–6.93) 3.82 3.79 (2.16–6.83)
 DETP
  Unadjusted 0.05 1.90 1.88 (1.11–3.29) 99.9 1.79 1.72 (0.85–3.68) 99.9 1.27 1.23 (0.64–2.60) 99.8 1.20 1.18 (0.55–2.54)
  SG-adjusted 1.98 1.90 (1.16–3.14) 2.08 2.03 (1.09–3.69) 1.33 1.28 (0.66–2.54) 1.23 1.21 (0.63–2.41)
 DMTP
  Unadjusted 0.25 0.63 0.57 (0.34–1.07) 95.6 0.53 0.46 (0.26–1.00) 93.9 0.41 0.38 (0.25–0.81) 94.7 0.42 0.38 (0.25–0.76)
  SG-adjusted 0.66 0.64 (0.37–1.09) 0.56 0.53 (0.28–1.03) 0.46 0.42 (0.25–0.96) 0.52 0.50 (0.26–0.95)
 TCPy
  Unadjusted 0.10 1.86 1.87 (1.29–2.67) 99.3 1.81 1.90 (1.04–3.22) 98.4 1.46 1.57 (0.89–2.62) 95.5 1.20 1.29 (0.73–2.26)
  SG-adjusted 1.93 1.92 (1.31–2.66) 1.94 1.89 (1.21–3.14) 1.67 1.70 (1.06–2.65) 1.46 1.54 (0.95–2.49)
 PNP
  Unadjusted 0.25 2.30 2.35 (1.53–3.49) 99.7 2.05 2.12 (1.15–3.94) 99.5 1.73 1.79 (0.95–3.14) 100 1.79 1.71 (0.95–3.30)
  SG-adjusted 2.36 2.34 (1.65–3.40) 2.20 2.20 (1.32–3.76) 1.98 2.02 (1.17–3.19) 2.19 2.18 (1.33–3.66)
mPYRs
 3-PBA
  Unadjusted 0.01 0.20 0.19 (0.11–0.38) 98.0 0.17 0.17 (0.08–0.36) 94.7 0.13 0.12 (0.05–0.30) 91.6 0.11 0.10 (0.05–0.27)
  SG-adjusted 0.21 0.19 (0.12–0.35) 0.19 0.17 (0.09–0.34) 0.15 0.13 (0.07–0.27) 0.14 0.13 (0.06–0.28)
trans-DCCA
  Unadjusted 0.02 0.25 0.24 (0.14–0.43) 95.6 0.21 0.21 (0.09–0.45) 92.9 0.14 0.15 (0.05–0.34) 93.0 0.14 0.12 (0.06–0.31)
  SG-adjusted 0.25 0.23 (0.14–0.42) 0.24 0.23 (0.12–0.48) 0.15 0.14 (0.07–0.31) 0.14 0.13 (0.07–0.28)
mNNIs
 IMI
  Unadjusted 0.025 0.05 0.05 (0.03–0.09) 72.1 0.04 0.03 (<MDL to 0.08) 74.5 0.03 0.03 (<MDL to 0.07) 73.8 0.03 0.03 (<MDL to 0.07)
  SG-adjusted 0.05 0.05 (0.03–0.10) 0.04 0.04 (<MDL to 0.10) 0.04 0.03 (<MDL to 0.08) 0.04 0.03 (<MDL to 0.07)
 IMI-olefin
  Unadjusted 0.025 0.57 0.53 (0.31–1.01) 100 0.46 0.43 (0.21–0.93) 100 0.38 0.35 (0.18–0.79) 100 0.37 0.33 (0.16–0.83)
  SG-adjusted 0.60 0.55 (0.34–1.01) 0.53 0.47 (0.25–1.05) 0.40 0.36 (0.19–0.77) 0.38 0.33 (0.16–0.79)
 5-hydroxy-IMI
  Unadjusted 0.05 0.97 0.93 (0.48–1.79) 99.9 0.79 0.73 (0.35–1.82) 99.8 0.57 0.54 (0.25–1.23) 100 0.55 0.52 (0.23–1.23)
  SG-adjusted 1.00 0.92 (0.54–1.73) 0.92 0.81 (0.43–1.92) 0.60 0.56 (0.28–1.23) 0.56 0.50 (0.24–1.18)
 DN-IMI
  Unadjusted 0.025 0.13 0.11 (0.06–0.22) 84.2 0.11 0.09 (0.04–0.21) 82.0 0.08 0.06 (0.04–0.13) 84.0 0.09 0.07 (0.04–0.17)
  SG-adjusted 0.14 0.12 (0.07–0.22) 0.12 0.11 (0.06–0.23) 0.08 0.07 (0.04–0.15) 0.09 0.08 (0.04–0.16)
 DM-ACE
  Unadjusted 0.01 1.17 1.13 (0.70–1.94) 99.9 0.96 0.93 (0.47–1.93) 99.9 0.80 0.79 (0.39–1.64) 100 0.81 0.75 (0.37–1.62)
  SG-adjusted 1.25 1.20 (0.72–2.01) 1.11 1.07 (0.54–2.18) 0.84 0.83 (0.41–1.69) 0.83 0.77 (0.39–1.55)
 THM
  Unadjusted 0.025 0.12 0.11 (0.06–0.23) 95.4 0.08 0.06 (0.03–0.18) 96.3 0.08 0.07 (0.03–0.18) 95.8 0.08 0.07 (0.03–0.17)
  SG-adjusted 0.13 0.12 (0.06–0.23) 0.09 0.08 (0.03–0.21) 0.08 0.07 (0.03–0.17) 0.08 0.07 (0.03–0.17)
 CLO
  Unadjusted 0.05 0.16 0.15 (0.09–0.27) 94.0 0.12 0.11 (0.05–0.23) 91.8 0.10 0.09 (0.05–0.20) 92.9 0.11 0.10 (0.05–0.23)
  SG-adjusted 0.17 0.15 (0.10–0.28) 0.14 0.13 (0.07–0.27) 0.11 0.10 (0.05–0.20) 0.11 0.10 (0.05–0.21)
 DM-CLO
  Unadjusted 0.01 0.28 0.34 (0.17–0.58) 94.2 0.24 0.32 (0.14–0.59) 88.8 0.16 0.23 (0.07–0.42) 94.4 0.21 0.27 (0.12–0.48)
  SG-adjusted 0.30 0.36 (0.18–0.63) 0.28 0.38 (0.17–0.67) 0.17 0.23 (0.09–0.46) 0.22 0.27 (0.11–0.53)

Note: Other target analytes (including DEDTP, DMDTP, 4F-3-PBA, ACE) were not listed here because they were not found in the samples or the detection frequency was <30%. 25th and 75th means the 25th and 75th percentile concentrations. —, Not applicable; 3-PBA, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid; 4F-3-PBA, 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid; 5-hydroxy-IMI, 5-Hydroxy-imidacloprid; ACE, acetamiprid; CLO, clothianidin; DEDTP, diethyl dithiophosphate; DEP, diethyl phosphate; DETP, diethyl thiophosphate; DF, detection frequency; DM-ACE, desmethyl-acetamiprid; DM-CLO, desmethyl-clothianidin; DMDTP, dimethyl dithiophosphate; DMP, dimethyl phosphate; DMTP, dimethyl thiophosphate; DN-IMI, desnitro-imidacloprid; GM, geometric mean; IMI, imidacloprid; IMI-olefin, imidacloprid-olefin; MDL, method detection limit; mNNIs, metabolites of neonicotinoid insecticides; mOPPs, metabolites of organophosphate insecticides; mPYRs, metabolites of pyrethroids; PNP, para-nitrophenol; SG, urinary specific gravity; TCPy, 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol; THM, thiamethoxam; trans-DCCA, trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid.