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Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2024 Feb 16;920:170754. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170754

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of specific-gravity adjusted urinary concentrations of the six chemicals measured during the second and third trimester of pregnancy (n=130).

Second trimester Third trimester

LOD % >LOD 10th 50th 90th GM (95% CI) % >LOD 10th 50th 90th GM (95% CI)
BPA 0.8 61% 0.29 0.98 3.54 0.93 (0.75, 1.15) 64% 0.27 1.06 2.62 0.80 (0.60, 1.05)
ETPB 0.5 42% 0.01 0.68 18.20 0.68 (0.45, 1.01) 50% 0.01 0.79 20.70 0.63 (0.40, 1.00)
MEPB 0.5 96% 4.67 32.95 288.50 33.38 (24.91, 44.72) 92% 4.13 40.30 304.50 36.62 (26.62, 50.36)
PRPB 1.0 77% 0.46 7.42 62.20 6.26 (4.51, 8.68) 74% 0.22 9.52 57.65 6.88 (4.84, 9.75)
TCPy 0.5 89% 0.06 2.52 7.08 1.88 (1.42, 2.47) 88% 0.12 2.53 11.17 2.29 (1.81, 2.89)
3PBA 0.5 82% 0.21 1.67 4.80 1.44 (1.19, 1.75) 87% 0.24 1.58 6.14 1.50 (1.21, 1.84)

Abbreviations: 3PBA, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, BPA, bisphenol A, ETPB, ethyl paraben, MEPB, methyl paraben, PRPB, propyl paraben, TCPy, 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol, LOD, limit of detection; CI, confidence interval; GM, geometric mean.