Table 8. Serum paraben total concentration (μg/L) quintiles and between visit correlations.
Compound | Visit(n) | Min | 5th | 25th | Median | 75th | 95th | Max | %>LOD | Significance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Methyl paraben | 1(34) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 20.9 | 34 | 100 | ** |
2(33) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.35 | 4.9 | 22.2 | 34.7 | 97 | ||
Propyl paraben | 1(34) | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.3 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 74 | 56 | * |
2(33) | <LOD | <LOD | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 33.5 | 80.1 | 80 |
Paraben correlation between visits 1 and 2, p-value
<0.05,
<0.01.
LOD=limit of detection.