Table 2.
Distribution of phthalate metabolites concentrations in urine for 623 Norwegian children (with uncorrected and SG-corrected values).
| Phthalate metabolite (µg/L) | LOD | n < LOD | GM | Minimum | Percentile | Maximum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th | ||||||
| MEP | 0.4 | 0 | 60.9 | 8.5 | 16.7 | 32.6 | 56.7 | 94.4 | 360.2 | 6,006 |
| SG-corrected | 64.4 | 7.0 | 19.9 | 35.3 | 56.3 | 101.1 | 320.2 | 5,339 | ||
| MnBP | 0.4 | 0 | 138.8 | 10.4 | 50.9 | 93.6 | 138.0 | 209.0 | 377.2 | 1,480 |
| SG-corrected | 146.7 | 10.0 | 58.7 | 101.1 | 141.0 | 215.2 | 378.9 | 1,429 | ||
| MiBP | 0.2 | 0 | 53.6 | 3.1 | 15.6 | 31.4 | 49.2 | 88.4 | 231.0 | 1,480 |
| SG-corrected | 57.0 | 6.3 | 18.8 | 34.6 | 50.1 | 90.5 | 239.6 | 1,480 | ||
| MBzP | 0.2 | 0 | 30.7 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 16.9 | 29.3 | 52.9 | 128.7 | 6,710 |
| SG-corrected | 32.5 | 1.6 | 9.7 | 18.7 | 30.8 | 53.2 | 135.3 | 5,195 | ||
| MCPP | 0.2 | 23 | 7.8 | LOD | 2.6 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 12.8 | 26.2 | 384.0 |
| SG-corrected | 8.2 | LOD | 3.6 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 12.5 | 24.7 | 307.2 | ||
| MEHP | 1.2 | 21 | 7.8 | LOD | 2.0 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 30.3 | 203.0 |
| SG-corrected | 8.2 | LOD | 2.4 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 28.7 | 211.8 | ||
| MEOHP | 0.7 | 0 | 49.8 | 2.4 | 15.0 | 31.2 | 49.7 | 75.3 | 183.0 | 1,220 |
| SG-corrected | 52.6 | 3.2 | 19.6 | 36.1 | 51.0 | 75.3 | 159.7 | 1,273 | ||
| MEHHP | 0.7 | 0 | 78.6 | 4.0 | 23.4 | 48.7 | 76.6 | 120.0 | 293.6 | 1,770 |
| SG-corrected | 83.1 | 5.3 | 31.9 | 56.9 | 79.5 | 116.4 | 271.0 | 1,847 | ||
| MECPP | 0.6 | 0 | 101.2 | 11.3 | 29.1 | 62.2 | 98.2 | 162.0 | 380.4 | 3,520 |
| SG-corrected | 106.9 | 11.9 | 38.9 | 71.7 | 105.0 | 153.2 | 343.2 | 3,673 | ||
| MCOP | 0.2 | 0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 21.2 | 474.0 |
| SG-corrected | 6.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 21.9 | 421.3 | ||
| MCNP | 0.2 | 23 | 2.2 | LOD | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 168.0 |
| SG-corrected | 2.3 | LOD | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 162.8 | ||
| Phthalate sums (µmol/L) | ||||||||||
| ∑low-MWPa | 1.32 | 0.11 | 0.46 | 0.86 | 1.27 | 1.97 | 4.28 | 33.1 | ||
| SG-corrected | 1.40 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.92 | 1.30 | 2.02 | 4.26 | 29.5 | ||
| ∑high-MWPb | 1.05 | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.66 | 1.01 | 1.58 | 3.68 | 33.1 | ||
| SG-corrected | 1.10 | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 1.06 | 1.51 | 3.17 | 29.0 | ||
| ∑DEHPc | 0.81 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.50 | 0.79 | 1.23 | 2.86 | 22.4 | ||
| SG-corrected | 0.85 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 1.18 | 2.69 | 23.3 | ||
| GM, geometric mean. a∑low-MWP: MEP, MnBP, and MiBP. b∑high-MWP: MBzP, MCNP, MCOP, MCPP, MEHP, MECPP, MEHHP, and MEOHP. c∑DEHP: MEHP, MECPP, MEHHP, and MEOHP. | ||||||||||