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. 2004 Aug 16;112(17):1734–1740. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7212

Table 3.

Values for surrogate exposure categories comparing a single urine sample with 3-month average levels based on nine replicates from 10 men.

Mean (μg/L)
Geometric mean (μg/L)
Surrogate Low Medium High Low Medium High
MEHP
 Day 0 19.9 28.9 44.7 9.3 11.5 18.3
 Day 1 9.5 55.7 19.4 5.1 26.3 11.0
 Day 2 18.8 26.2 49.3 7.1 11.1 25.2
 Day 30 5.6 44.9 37.6 4.4 24.3 14.2
 Day 31 5.6 43.8 39.0 4.4 20.1 18.4
 Day 32 23.6 23.2 48.6 11.2 9.2 20.5
 Day 90 10.0 29.7 53.5 5.0 12.7 29.9
 Day 91 9.5 30.1 53.5 5.1 14.3 24.8
 Day 92 10.2 31.1 51.5 6.1 11.7 27.5
MBzP
 Day 0 4.9 11.2 14.3 3.1 7.5 13.2
 Day 1 6.6 9.3 15.2 2.9 7.8 13.3
 Day 2 7.8 9.2 14.0 4.3 6.0 12.8
 Day 30 6.3 11.2 12.8 3.9 8.5 8.9
 Day 31 6.6 10.1 14.0 2.9 8.0 12.8
 Day 32 7.2 10.1 13.4 3.5 7.5 11.9
 Day 90 8.3 11.1 11.0 4.2 7.8 9.2
 Day 91 8.0 9.9 12.9 3.7 7.8 10.6
 Day 92 7.2 9.9 13.7 3.5 7.8 11.3
MEP
 Day 0 73.2 158.4 172 28.9 46.8 94.4
 Day 1 26.6 199.6 163 15.8 98.3 64.1
 Day 2 30.2 113 276 6.2 70.2 97.8
 Day 30 146 92.8 186 24.4 39.7 139
 Day 31 26.6 104 291 15.8 53.1 146
 Day 32 26.6 182 186 15.8 55.0 139
 Day 90 30.2 158 216 16.2 50.2 153
 Day 91 33.4 155 216 16.0 50.7 153
 Day 92 63.9 132 216 20.3 42.4 153
MBP
 Day 0 16.3 30 30.5 12.7 22.8 28.3
 Day 1 16.7 24.9 37.3 13.1 21.6 29.3
 Day 2 16.7 26.3 35.5 13.1 20.5 31.4
 Day 30 18.0 23.4 38.1 13.5 18.6 34.7
 Day 31 16.3 27.7 34.0 12.7 22.7 28.5
 Day 32 16.7 27.7 33.6 13.1 22.7 27.6
 Day 90 26.4 24.4 28.4 19.8 21.6 19.4
 Day 91 21.7 22.0 36.3 14.4 18.7 32.3
 Day 92 21.3 26.6 30.5 13.9 21.3 28.3
MMP
 Day 0 4.2 7.9 30.2 2.0 5.6 23.2
 Day 1 4.0 9.4 28.3 2.4 5.2 21.3
 Day 2 5.0 7.3 30.2 4.1 3.3 23.2
 Day 30 3.9 8.1 30.2 2.1 5.3 23.2
 Day 31 4.3 9.2 28.3 2.5 5.0 21.3
 Day 32 4.9 11.5 24.8 3.3 5.7 13.7
 Day 90 4.2 12.4 24.3 2.0 6.2 19.9
 Day 91 4.3 12.3 24.3 2.5 5.3 19.9
 Day 92 4.0 12.5 24.3 2.2 5.8 19.9

Only samples from the 10 subjects who provided nine urine samples each were used in this analysis.