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. 2025 Dec;206:109946. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109946

Table 2.

Descriptives of the phthalate and DINCH metabolite levels in maternal urine samples collected at 19 weeks (N = 349) and 35 weeks (N = 404).



19w
35w
Whole pregnancy
Variable Name Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
MEP Monoethyl phthalate 47.51 (22.16–89.09) 40.04 (21.03–92.27) 45.16 (24.16–86.18)
MiBP Mono-iso-butyl phthalate 11.58 (7.50–17.95) 11.38 (7.14–18.15) 11.81 (7.45–17.55)
MnBP Mono-n-butyl phthalate 10.51 (6.73–15.50) 9.81 (6.59–16.91) 10.52 (6.90–16.66)
MBzP Mono benzyl phthalate 1.24 (0.75–2.15) 1.16 (0.59–2.13) 1.19 (0.68–2.05)
MEHP Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate 1.82 (1.05–3.11) 1.38 (0.68–2.71) 1.58 (0.81–2.83)
MEHHP Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalate 5.68 (3.85–8.30) 5.06 (3.54–8.68) 5.63 (3.79–8.30)
MEOHP Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate 4.71 (3.13–7.00) 4.61 (3.07–7.25) 4.75 (3.17–6.99)
MECPP Mono-2-ethyl 5-carboxypentyl phthalate 8.52 (6.31–12.11) 8.29 (5.79–12.64) 8.38 (6.21–12.59)
oxo-MiNP Mono-4-methyl-7-oxooctyl phthalate 4.31 (2.81–7.32) 4.32 (2.627.333) 4.48 (2.90–7.03)
cx-MiNP Mono-4-methyl-7-carboxyoctyl phthalate 7.97 (5.51–11.76) 7.02 (5.08–11.02) 7.54 (5.50–11.06)
oh-MPHP 6-Hydroxy Monopropylheptylphthalate 1.81 (1.17–2.99) 1.87 (1.13–3.29) 1.90 (1.18–3.02)
oh-MINCH 2-(((Hydroxy-4-methyloctyl)oxy)carbonyl)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid 1.94 (1.33–3.37) 1.71 (1.10–3.13) 1.87 (1.18–3.08)
oxo-MINCH 2-(((4-Methyl-7-oxyooctyl)oxy)carbonyl)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid 1.21 (0.73–2.08) 1.19 (0.71–2.19) 1.17 (0.71–2.10)
sum DEHP molar sum of MEHP, MEHHP, MEOHP and MECPP (nmol/L) 67.71 (50.00–99.75) 63.75 (45.23–102.30) 68.57 (48.42–100.35)
sum DiNP molar sum of oxo-MiNP and cx-MiNP (nmol/L) 40.51 (28.22–63.59) 37.59 (25.55–60.12) 40.13 (28.36–59.42)
sum DINCH molar sum of oh-MINCH and oxo-MINCH (nmol/L) 10.19 (6.61–17.78) 9.66 (6.13–17.81) 10.12 (6.55–17.59)

Only the 13 phthalate and DINCH metabolites (and the sums) included in this study are reported.

N: sample size

Units: ng/mL urine

IQR: interquartile range