Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the phthalate metabolites in urine samples of elderly participants (n = 688)

Urinary metabolites	Number of participants with detection above LOD level (%)	Minimum (µg/g Cr)	Maximum (µg/g Cr)	Mean (µg/g Cr)	Standard deviation (µg/g Cr)	Median (µg/g Cr)	Geometric mean (µg/g Cr)	Geometric standarddeviation (µg/g Cr)
MEHP	661 (96.08)	< 0.01	2123.43	143.39	198.47	80.72	1.73	0.95
MiBP	538 (78.20)	< 0.01	1882.89	48.24	94.73	25.37	0.68	1.59
MnBP	506 (73.55)	< 0.01	11,748.31	283.19	970.37	53.44	0.93	1.86
MEP	538 (78.20)	< 0.01	8302.21	434.66	1020.68	77.26	1.22	1.90
MMP	219 (31.83)	< 0.01	3932.59	68.96	266.57	0.01	0.74	1.88