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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2014 Feb 15;101(5):1359–1366. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.022

Table 2.

Geometric mean comparison of urinary BPA and phthalate concentrations by partner and pregnancy status, LIFE Study.

Chemical (ng/mL) Female Concentration Male Concentration
% <LOQ Pregnancy Mean (95% CI) No Pregnancy Mean (95% CI) % <LOQ Pregnancy Mean (95% CI) No Pregnancy Mean (95% CI)
BPA 2 0.63 (0.54–0.73) 0.68 (0.53–0.87) 2 0.53 (0.46–0.61) 0.49 (0.39–0.62)
mMP 65 0.89 (0.72–1.09) 0.77 (0.56–1.05) 61 0.63 (0.510.78) 0.80 (0.601.06)*
mEP 2 93.83 (79.57110.64) 103.45 (76.58139.75)* 1 82.73 (68.90–99.34) 78.47 (60.85–101.19)
mCPP 6 5.11 (4.45–5.87) 3.95 (3.19–4.91) 3 4.69 (4.03–5.46) 4.42 (3.55–5.50)
mBP 1 9.97 (8.96–11.09) 10.29 (8.62–12.30) 1 5.94 (5.306.67) 7.09 (5.968.43)*
miBP 4 5.11 (4.58–5.70) 4.96 (4.09–6.01) 2 3.44 (3.09–3.83) 3.65 (3.10–4.29)
mECPP 2 21.18 (18.25–24.58) 21.21 (16.94–26.55) <1 17.19 (14.7220.07) 19.49 (15.6524.28)*
mCMHP <1 15.91 (13.96–18.13) 14.57 (11.35–18.70) <1 16.04 (13.76–18.69) 17.46 (13.94–21.87)
mEHHP 2 15.24 (13.01–17.86) 14.46 (11.52–18.14) 1 12.92 (10.76–15.51) 14.28 (11.06–18.42)
mEOHP 4 8.65 (7.40–10.10) 7.55 (5.86–9.74) 2 6.13 (5.16–7.27) 6.78 (5.33–8.62)
mCHP 96 0.02 (0.01–0.02) 0.01 (0.01–0.02) 96 0.01 (0.01–0.01) 0.01 (0.01–0.01)
mBzP 4 4.61 (4.06–5.23) 5.15 (4.29–6.18) 4 2.79 (2.443.19) 3.84 (3.144.69)**
mEHP 58 4.56 (3.40–6.11) 5.60 (3.81–8.24) 48 3.39 (2.54–4.53) 4.06 (2.79–5.92)
mOP 98 0.08 (0.06–0.12) 0.05 (0.02–0.11) 96 0.07 (0.05–0.11) 0.08 (0.05–0.13)
mNP 97 0.11 (0.08–0.14) 0.07 (0.05–0.10) 95 0.07 (0.05–0.09) 0.05 (0.03–0.07)

NOTE: Pregnancy refers to all hCG-detected pregnancies observed during follow up of the cohort. Phthalates concentrations were creatinine adjusted for comparison. CI, confidence interval; LOQ, limits of quantification rounded to nearest decimal.

*

p < 0.05

**

p <0.01

mCPP, mono (3-carboxypropyl) phthalate

mMP, monomethyl phthalate

mEP, monoethyl phthalate

miBP, mono (2-isobutyl phthalate)

mBP, mono-n-butyl phthalate

mECPP, mono (2-ethyl-5-carboxyphentyl) phthalate

mCMHP, mono-[(2-carboxymethyl) hexyl] phthalate

mEOHP, mono (2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate

mEHHP, mono (2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate

mCHP, monocyclohexyl phthalate (mCHP)

mBzP, monobenzyl phthalate

mEHP, mono (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

mNP, mono-isonoyl phthalate

mOP, monooctyl phthalate (mOP)