Table 2.
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations (ng/mL) in 139 pregnant women from Puerto Ricoa in 2010-2012 and comparison with a U.S. population–based sample of women ages 18-40 from NHANES 2009-10b.
| Percentiles |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %>LOD | GM (95% CI) | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th | Max | ||
| MEHP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 92.9 | 3.3 (3.0, 3.7) | 1.6 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 17.5 | 141 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 78.6 | 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 119 | |
| MEHHP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 10.7 (9.7, 11.8) | 6.1 | 11.5 | 20.6 | 46.3 | 361 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 100 | 10.6 (8.6, 12.9) | 5.1 | 11.4 | 21.9 | 64.1 | 545 | |
| MEOHP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 8.9 (8.1, 9.9) | 5.2 | 9.3 | 17.3 | 35.3 | 281 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 100 | 7.1 (5.9, 8.6) | 3.5 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 37.7 | 237 | |
| MECPP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 19.6 (18.0, 21.3) | 11.6 | 19.9 | 33.2 | 72.6 | 749 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 100 | 17.9 (14.9, 21.5) | 9.5 | 17.5 | 32.3 | 95.3 | 663 | |
| % MEHP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 8.1 (7.7, 8.6) | 6.0 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 16.2 | 24.2 | ||
| NHANES 09-10 | 4.8 (4.4, 5.2) | 3.0 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 25.5 | ||
| MECPP/MEHHP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 1.7 (1.7, 1.8) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||
| NHANES 09-10 | 1.6 (1.5, 1.7) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 9.9 | ||
| MBzP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 98.4 | 3.9 (3.4, 4.4) | 1.6 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 30.2 | 305 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 99.5 | 6.5 (5.6, 7.5) | 3.3 | 6.9 | 15.5 | 42.6 | 189 | |
| MiBP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 10.9 (9.8, 12.1) | 5.9 | 11.0 | 20.3 | 63.5 | 964 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 99.8 | 8.8 (7.4, 10.5) | 4.5 | 9.6 | 18.6 | 42.0 | 600 | |
| MEP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 102.2 (85.4, 122.2) | 24.7 | 99.2 | 388 | 1880 | 12700 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 100 | 76.5 (60.3, 97.0) | 24.4 | 72.5 | 205 | 1286 | 17257 | |
| MnBP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 98.7 | 19.2 (17.0, 21.7) | 9.8 | 20.9 | 42.0 | 117 | 413 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 99.8 | 15.7 (13.2, 18.6) | 7.8 | 18.5 | 32.9 | 83.0 | 1079 | |
| MCPP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 98.9 | 2.3 (2.0, 2.5) | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 20.7 | 109 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 96.4 | 2.7 (2.2, 3.4) | 1.3 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 23.4 | 71.3 | |
| MCNP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 99.7 | 2.3 (2.1, 2.5) | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 12.1 | 59.8 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 99.0 | 2.9 (2.6, 3.4) | 1.4 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 22.7 | 94.6 | |
| MCOP | ||||||||
| PROTECT | 100 | 16.4 (14.6, 18.5) | 7.1 | 14.2 | 34.1 | 137 | 1230 | |
| NHANES 09-10 | 99.8 | 12.9 (9.8, 17.0) | 4.9 | 11.9 | 34.2 | 164 | 809 | |
NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; PROTECT, Puerto Rico Testsite for Environmental Contamination Threats; GM, geometric mean
a
Includes biomarker concentrations for up to 3 repeated samples per woman (n=373 samples).
b
Females 18-40 years of age; n=415 for NHANES 2009-2010