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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2011 Aug 10;33(5):558–566. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.08.003

Table 2.

Phthalate Metabolite and BPA Levels in HOME Study Maternal Urinary Samples in Comparison with National Levels

Metabolite National Levels
Females 2003-04
HOME Study
16 week (n=346)
HOME Study
26 week (n=332)
Geomean (95%CI) Geomean (95%CI) % > LOD Geomean (95%CI) % > LOD
MBP/MnBP (ng/mL) 22.2 (21.2-23.3) 24.0 (21.2-27.1) 99.7 20.3 (17.9-23.0) 100
MiBP (ng/mL) 3.6 (3.19-3.97) 4.5 (4.0-5.2) 96.0 3.6 (3.1-4.2) 94.1
DBP sum (nmol/L) Not Available 134 (119-151) 99.7 113 (99-128) 100
MECPP (ng/mL) 31.9 (28.1-36.2) 38.0 (33.0-43.7) 100 29.9 (26.1-34.2) 100
MEHHP (ng/mL) 19.7 (17.4-22.2 26.9 (23.0-31.3) 99.1 20.4 (17.6-23.5) 99.1
MEOHP (ng/mL) 13.4 (11.9-15.1) 19.9 (17.1-23.2) 99.4 16.5 (14.3-19.1) 98.5
MEHP (ng/mL) 2.2 (1.92-242) 4.9 (4.2-5.7) 75.4 4.2 (3.7-4.9) 77.6
DEHP sum (nmol/L) Not Available 311 (269-360) 100 245 (213-281) 100
BPA (ng/mL) 2.4 (2.11-2.75) 1.8 (1.6-2.0) 90 1.7 (1.5-2.0) 90.3
Creatininea (mg/dL) 119 124 (84) 100 105 (75) 100
*

No National levels available for phthalate metabolite summary measures

a

Mean (std) presented to allow comparison with available normative data (Barr, et al., 2005)

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