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. 2010 Apr 14;118(7):998–1003. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901712

Table 6.

Change of log-transformed creatinine-adjusted phthalate metabolite levels per additional ounce equivalent of meat, egg, poultry, or fish, or per cup of other foods, based on statistically significant bivariate and multiple regression analyses.

Bivariate analysis
Multiple regression analysisa
Dietary intake group Phthalate metabolite B (95% CI) p-Value B (95% CI) p-Value
Dairy MCPP 0.051 (0.033 to 0.069) < 0.0001 0.039 (0.021 to 0.057) 0.0003
Egg MEHP 0.13 (0.039 to 0.222) 0.0085 0.145 (0.057 to 0.232) 0.0031
Low omega-3 fish MiBP 0.037 (0.008 to 0.066) 0.016 0.04 (0.008 to 0.073) 0.0179
Meat MEP 0.035 (0.003 to 0.067) 0.0358 0.04 (0.006 to 0.073) 0.0224
Low molecular weightb 0.034 (0.001 to 0.067) 0.0418 0.039 (0.005 to 0.072) 0.0254
Poultry MEHHP 0.054 (0.028 to 0.08) 0.0006 0.046 (0.018 to 0.074) 0.0031
MEHP 0.084 (0.059 to 0.11) < 0.0001 0.08 (0.054 to 0.106) < 0.0001
MEOHP 0.054 (0.029 to 0.079) 0.0004 0.046 (0.02 to 0.073) 0.002
MECPP 0.033 (0.009 to 0.057) 0.0094 0.029 (0.003 to 0.054) 0.0325
High molecular weightc 0.029 (0.007 to 0.051) 0.0121 0.025 (0.003 to 0.047) 0.0294
DEHP metabolitesd 0.055 (0.03 to 0.081) 0.0003 0.048 (0.021 to 0.075) 0.0018
Fruit MnMP 0.067 (0.017 to 0.116) 0.0115 0.058 (0.01 to 0.106) 0.0211
MEHHP −0.069 (−0.116 to −0.022) 0.0072 −0.050 (−0.09 to −0.01) 0.0173
MEOHP −0.066 (−0.115 to −0.017) 0.0117 −0.047 (−0.09 to −0.005) 0.0309
MECPP −0.050 (−0.09 to −0.011) 0.0153 −0.035 (−0.069 to −0.001) 0.0459
MBzP −0.091 (−0.129 to −0.052) 0.0001 −0.078 (−0.117 to −0.04) 0.0006
High molecular weightc −0.064 (−0.101 to −0.028) 0.0019 −0.052 (−0.082 to −0.023) 0.0018
DEHP metabolitesd −0.066 (−0.113 to −0.018) 0.0100 −0.048 (−0.088 to −0.008) 0.0222
Potato MEP 0.100 (0.002 to 0.198) 0.0469 0.124 (0.012 to 0.235) 0.0318
Tomato MEP 0.148 (0.039 to 0.257) 0.0113 0.189 (0.056 to 0.321) 0.0083
MBzP −0.149 (−0.277 to −0.02) 0.0260 −0.147 (−0.285 to −0.009) 0.0382
Low molecular weightb 0.146 (0.038 to 0.253) 0.0112 0.187 (0.057 to 0.317) 0.0079
Total vegetable MEP 0.130 (0.063 to 0.197) 0.0009 0.142 (0.072 to 0.213) 0.0006
Low molecular weightb 0.125 (0.059 to 0.191) 0.0011 0.138 (0.068 to 0.207) 0.0008
Total phthalates 0.061 (0.012 to 0.109) 0.0181 0.073 (0.021 to 0.125) 0.0094

CI, confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for BMI, age, ethnicity, and sex.

b

Low-molecular-weight phthalate metabolites (sum of MEP and MnMP).

c

High-molecular-weight phthalate metabo-lites (sum of MECPP, MnBP, MCPP, MEHHP, MEHP, MiBP, MeOHP, and MBzP).

d

DEHP metabolites (sum of MECPP, MEHHP, MEHP, MEOHP).