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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2014 Aug 29;134:233–241. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.010

Table 3.

Change in the odds of having a Tanner stage >1 or having undergone menarche per IQR increase in ln-transformed urinary phthalate metabolite or BPA concentrations adjusted for age, BMI Z-score, and specific gravity.

In utero Urinary Metabolite Measurements (n=116)
Menarche Breast Development Pubic Hair Development
OR 95%CI p-value OR 95%CI p-value OR 95%CI p-value



lnMEHP 0.91 0.31,2.73 0.87 0.86 0.34,2.19 0.75 5.30 1.13,24.95 0.03
lnMEHHP 1.62 0.54,4.81 0.39 0.66 0.29,1.54 0.34 2.66 0.80,8.82 0.11
lnMEOHP 1.55 0.52,4.63 0.43 0.73 0.31,1.74 0.48 2.31 0.73,7.31 0.16
lnMECPP 1.54 0.52,4.57 0.43 0.76 0.32,1.82 0.54 2.25 0.70,7.17 0.17
lnMBzP 0.89 0.33,2.38 0.82 1.88 0.82,4.30 0.13 1.60 0.50,5.06 0.43
lnMnBP 0.92 0.32,2.62 0.87 0.97 0.42,2.25 0.94 1.92 0.61,6.04 0.26
lnMiBP 0.42 0.12,1.50 0.18 0.70 0.25,1.95 0.49 1.52 0.33,6.89 0.59
lnMCPP 1.07 0.31,3.68 0.91 1.26 0.46,3.47 0.66 2.05 0.53,7.92 0.30
lnMEP 2.66 0.91,7.76 0.07 1.06 0.48,2.35 0.89 2.02 0.72,5.65 0.18
lnBPA 0.35 0.06,2.18 0.26 2.04 0.39,10.79 0.40 1.15 0.13,10.38 0.90
Peripubertal Measures Urinary Metabolites (n=129)
Menarche Breast Development Pubic Hair Development
OR 95%CI p-value OR 95%CI p-value OR 95%CI p-value



lnMEHP 0.52 0.20,1.34 0.18 1.37 0.55,3.41 0.51 1.13 0.38,3.37 0.83
lnMEHHP 1.32 0.45,3.85 0.61 1.74 0.63,4.85 0.29 1.41 0.36,5.47 0.62
lnMEOHP 1.48 0.52,4.20 0.46 1.63 0.63,4.24 0.32 1.39 0.39,4.89 0.61
lnMECPP 1.22 0.44,3.33 0.70 1.45 0.57,3.69 0.43 1.22 0.35,4.23 0.76
lnMBzP 2.80 0.86,9.13 0.09 1.58 0.61,4.06 0.35 3.13 0.70,13.97 0.14
lnMnBP 1.21 0.47,3.16 0.69 2.41 0.95,6.06 0.06 2.64 0.85,8.23 0.09
lnMiBP 1.31 0.37,4.57 0.67 1.74 0.62,4.83 0.29 2.45 0.57,10.40 0.23
lnMCPP 0.95 0.37,2.42 0.91 1.48 0.69,3.18 0.31 1.63 0.62,4.31 0.32
lnMEP 2.58 0.90,7.39 0.08 1.55 0.60,3.97 0.36 1.91 0.59,6.21 0.28
lnBPA 0.44 0.14,1.36 0.16 0.99 0.33,2.96 0.99 0.68 0.20,2.33 0.54

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval