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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Ecol Risk Assess. 2009 May 1;15(3):565–578. doi: 10.1080/10807030902892554

Table 2.

Phthalate metabolite concentrations (ng/ml) in biological matrices

Analytes Matrices Arithmetic
Mean
Standard
Error
Median 95th
Percentile
Range LOD
(ng/ml)
Sample
Size
DF
(%)
MBP CS 2.3 0.4 <LOD 10.9 <LOD-49.4 1.07 150 28.0
MS 2.3 0.4 <LOD 12.2 <LOD-45.7 1.07 148 22.3
MU 23.3 4.2 14.8 68.9 3.4–107.9 1.07 34 100.0
MBzP CS <LOD 0.1 <LOD 2.1 <LOD-5.2 1.00 150 8.0
MS <LOD 0.0 <LOD 1.3 <LOD-3.7 1.00 148 5.4
MU 20.0 5.5 9.2 52.8 1.0–181.3 1.00 34 97.1
MCPP CS 1.3 0.2 <LOD 4.6 <LOD-16.9 1.00 150 16.0
MS 1.4 0.2 <LOD 4.3 <LOD-19.9 1.00 148 16.2
MU 2.3 0.4 1.6 7.1 <LOD-9.3 1.00 34 70.6
MEHHP CS 1.0 0.1 <LOD 2.8 <LOD-10.6 0.95 150 26.0
MS <LOD 0.1 <LOD 2.9 <LOD-10.9 0.95 148 14.2
MU 140.7 16.5 108.9 308.9 21.0–444.6 0.95 34 100.0
MEHP CS 8.2 0.3 7.7 14.1 1.0–21.8 0.98 150 99.3
MS 1.3 0.1 <LOD 3.9 <LOD-10.3 0.98 148 26.4
MU 126.9 11.1 114.7 246.2 38.4–274.6 0.98 34 100.0
MEOHP CS <LOD 0.1 <LOD 2.3 <LOD-3.7 1.07 150 13.3
MS <LOD 0.1 <LOD 2.7 <LOD-10.1 1.07 148 12.8
MU 114.8 12.3 95.1 233.0 17.7–321.6 1.07 34 100.0
MEP CS 3.0 0.5 <LOD 12.9 <LOD-45.3 1.00 150 40.7
MS 4.4 0.8 <LOD 20.4 <LOD-89.3 1.00 148 42.6
MU 249.8 45.7 168.5 749.1 7.7–830.2 1.00 29 100.0
MMP CS <LOD 0.0 <LOD <LOD <LOD-5.3 1.00 150 2.0
MS <LOD 0.0 <LOD <LOD <LOD-1.6 1.00 148 0.7
MU 1.0 0.2 <LOD 2.5 <LOD-7.3 1.00 34 11.8
MiBP CS <LOD 0.0 <LOD <LOD <LOD-5.6 1.04 150 3.3
MS <LOD 0.1 <LOD 1.3 <LOD-7.6 1.04 148 4.7
MU 6.4 1.4 4.6 13.5 <LOD-47.5 1.04 34 94.1

Abbreviations: CS: cord serun; MS: maternal serum; MU: maternal urine.

DF: detection frequency; LOD: limit of detection.