Table 3.
Phthalate concentrations (μg/m3) in 48-hr personal air samples of pregnant Dominican-American and African-American women living in New York City compared with geometric means of indoor air.
| Percentile
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Geometric mean (95% CI)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthalate diester | No. | Percent > LOD | 5th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th | Personal air | Indoor air (n = 32) |
| DEHP | 96 | 100 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.49 | 0.18 (0.16–0.21) | 0.09 (0.08–0.10) |
| DnBP | 96 | 100 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 1.04 | 0.45 (0.41–0.51) | 0.38 (0.33–0.45) |
| BBzP | 96 | 100 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.05 (0.04–0.06) | 0.03 (0.02–0.04) |
| DiBP | 96 | 100 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.77 | 1.43 | 0.50 (0.44–0.57) | 0.45 (0.38–0.53) |
| DEP | 96 | 100 | 0.84 | 1.47 | 2.33 | 3.36 | 5.06 | 2.15 (1.92–2.41) | 1.66 (1.38–2.00) |