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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2023 Jul 19;236(Pt 1):116706. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116706

Table 2.

Baseline demographics according to urinary phthalate summary variables (N = 344).

N Σ DEHP Σ DBP Σ Plastic Σ AA Σ PCP
Mean (SD) (ng/mL) Mean (SD) (ng/mL) Mean (SD) (ng/mL) Mean (SD) (ng/mL) Mean (SD) (ng/mL)

Sex
 Male 169 211.5 (777.9) 229.2 (390.0) 156.8 (550.2) 403.2 (752.4) 500.7 (901.9)
 Female 175 121.2 (145.2) 177.5 (154.7) 93.3 (105.1) 279.8 (235.5) 444.7 (885.0)
P 0.53 0.71 0.55 0.56 0.72
Age group, (years)
 10–12 146 152.8 (295.2) 191.3 (205.5) 115.0 (209.3) 318.4 (324.9) 422.9 (656.9)
 13–15 139 163.8 (719.0) 184.5 (190.9) 123.3 (508.3) 321.1 (618.8) 484.8 (944.6)
 16–17 59 201.3 (615.1) 274.7 (563.7) 151.0 (436.8) 440.5 (801.0) 564.4 (1222.12)
P 0.67 0.61 0.67 0.88 0.98
SES
 Lower 174 195.9 (692.8) 169.3 (153.8) 145.3 (489.9) 330.8 (595.8) 428.0 (917.0)
 Middle/Higher 170 134.5 (366.3) 237.2 (388.2) 103.3 (260.3) 350.3 (513.8) 517.4 (867.1)
P 0.21 0.04 0.38 0.31 0.01
Pubertal status
 Transitioning 306 158.6 (528.8) 206.3 (308.3) 119.5 (374.0) 338.2 (537.5) 489.0 (937.5)
 Mature 38 221.7 (746.3) 175.2 (158.4) 164.7 (529.8) 358.5 (696.6) 336.8 (344.1)
P 0.46 0.58 0.53 0.48 0.78
Smoking behavior
 Ever Smoker 51 123.9 (106.0) 191.8 (129.8) 97.5 (81.1) 297.7 (191.8) 490.4 (660.3)
 Never Smoker 293 172.8 (600.7) 204.8 (315.7) 129.2 (425.0) 347.9 (597.1) 469.0 (927.9)
P 0.39 0.13 0.41 0.22 0.29
Alcohol intake
 Consumed drink in past year 243 131.5 (317.6) 185.1 (177.3) 100.3 (226.1) 295.4 (353.9) 489.0 (971.8)
 Did not consume drink in past year 101 247.4 (898.1) 245.7 (469.9) 182.8 (634.6) 448.7 (860.7) 431.7 (666.7)
P 0.30 0.78 0.26 0.37 0.47
MVPA tertiles, (h/wk)
 15.5–66.4 103 202.4 (839.5) 224.1 (445.1) 151.0 (593.3) 391.3 (812.0) 605.3 (1362.3)
 66.5–90.4 117 202.5 (529.6) 177.6 (145.8) 150.8 (375.7) 345.4 (501.7) 411.3 (637.4)
 90.6–216.3 124 100.2 (79.7) 209.1 (241.2) 77.7 (59.0) 293.5 (271.6) 419.1 (598.3)
P 0.44 0.92 0.39 0.69 0.91
Screen time tertiles, (h/wk)
 0.5–14.0 111 234.3 (865.1) 209.4 (427.9) 172.4 (611.4) 400.9 (862.90 351.9 (458.4)
 14.5–21.0 121 119.9 (110.0) 205.1 (229.6) 93.3 (81.5) 307.3 (266.7) 451.9 (675.9)
 21.5–72.0 112 146.8 (439.5) 194.0 (176.8) 110.7 (312.1) 316.4 (442.3) 613.4 (1313.1)
P 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.41 0.23

ABBR: Σ DBP: molar sum of dibutyl phthalate metabolites; Σ DEHP: molar sum of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate metabolites; Σ Plastic: molar sum of phthalate metabolites from plastic sources.

Σ AA: molar sum of anti-androgenic phthalate metabolites; Σ PCP: molar sum of personal care product phthalate metabolites; h/wk: hours per week; N = sample size; MVPA: moderate-vigorous; physical activity; SES: socioeconomic status; SE: standard deviation.