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. 2009 Nov 13;118(3):318–323. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901332

Table 1.

Distribution of TDCPP and TPP in house dust, and participant age, BMI, hormone levels, and semen quality parameters.

Selected percentiles
Variable n Mean Minimum 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Maximum
OP
 TDCPP (ng/g dust) 50 1,880a < 107b 202 937 1,752 2,959 20,415 56,090
 TPP (ng/g dust) 50 7,400a < 173b 760 3,100 5,470 9,830 208,200 1,798,100
Age (years) 50 36.5 28 31 33 37 40 42 46
BMI (kg/m2) 50 26.8 20.3 21.6 23.0 25.9 29.7 33.0 42.4
Hormone
 Free T4 (ng/dL) 38 1.07 0.88 0.97 1.02 1.07 1.13 1.19 1.23
 Total T3 (ng/mL) 38 0.92 0.74 0.76 0.80 0.93 1.02 1.10 1.23
 TSH (μIU/mL) 38 1.43a 0.45 0.64 1.04 1.34 1.91 3.07 4.95
 FSH (IU/L) 38 9.1a 3.1 4.3 6.5 8.8 13.1 18.0 29.5
 LH (IU/L) 38 9.2a 3.7 5.2 6.6 9.7 11.7 16.1 20.4
 Inhibin B (pg/mL) 38 209 67.6 115 142 177 241 308 702
 Testosterone (ng/dL) 38 391 148 235 325 402 470 515 633
 SHBG (nmol/mL) 38 24.4a 7.4 9.7 18.9 26.0 35.9 44.0 60.5
 FAI 38 53.0a 19.5 32.6 42.1 49.9 69.4 92.9 143
 Estradiol (pg/mL) 38 20.5 < 20.0b < 20.0b < 20.0b 21.5 28.0 38.0 48.0
 Prolactin (ng/mL) 38 11.8a 5.1 5.7 9.2 11.0 15.2 25.9 33.6
Sperm concentration (106/mL) 50 70.5a 4.3 21.2 37.6 78.8 148 219 301
Sperm motility (% motile) 50 49.7 12 22 38 51 64 76 81
Sperm morphology (% normal) 50 6.9 0 2 4 7 10 14 17
a

Geometric mean.

b

LOD for TDCPP = 107 ng/g, for TPP = 173 ng/g, and for estradiol = 20 pg/mL.