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Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2015 Aug 7;84:94–106. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.07.003

Table 3.

Comparison of creatinine-adjusteda geometric mean (95% CI) urinary phthalate concentrations (μg/g) to concentrations in NHANES.

Phthalate metabolite Total Males Females



Current study NHANES Current study NHANES Current study NHANES






GM (95% CI) GM (95% CI) GM (95% CI) GM (95% CI) GM (95% CI) GM (95% CI)
Sample 1b (N=97) (N=2782) (N=48) (N=1371) (N=49) (N=1411)
 MBP 126 (109, 146) 17.8 (16.7-19.0) 105 (85.9, 128) 14.4 (13.5-15.4) 151 (123, 186) 21.7 (19.6-23.9)
 MiBP 59.2 (51.1, 68.5) 2.54 (2.36-2.73) 56.6 (48.0, 66.8) 2.22 (2.09-2.35) 61.8 (48.3, 79.1) 2.88 (2.61-3.18)
 MEP 17.0 (12.2, 23.6) 110 (99.3-122) 9.98 (6.74, 14.8) 97.6 (85.8-111) 28.5 (17.3, 47.0) 123 (110-139)
 MBzP 0.802 (0.635, 1.01) 10.2 (9.50-10.9) 0.566 (0.417, 0.769) 9.13 (8.18-10.2) 1.13 (0.808, 1.57) 11.3 (10.2-12.4)
 MCNP c 2.66 (2.43-2.91) c 2.53 (2.28-2.82) c 2.79 (2.47-3.15)
 MCOP 0.336 (0.264, 0.428) 5.26 (4.54-6.10) 0.444 (0.297, 0.663) 5.01 (4.21-5.97) c 5.51 (4.75-6.39)
 MCPP 1.12 (0.926, 1.35) 2.58 (2.35-2.83) 0.952 (0.703, 1.29) 2.35 (2.17-2.56) 1.31 (1.04, 1.64) 2.81 (2.48-3.18)
 MECPP 30.8 (25.7, 36.9) 32.6 (29.6-36.0) 29.3 (22.2, 38.8) 29.8 (26.8-33.1) 32.3 (25.4, 41.2) 35.5 (31.6-40.0)
 MEHHP 21.8 (18.0, 26.6) 18.8 (17.0-20.7) 21.0 (15.4, 28.7) 17.9 (16.2-19.7) 22.7 (17.6, 29.2) 19.7 (17.3-22.4)
 MEHP 4.32 (3.41, 5.46) 4.00 (3.58-4.48) 4.24 (2.96, 6.06) 3.50 (3.08-3.99) 4.40 (3.20, 6.05) 4.54 (4.02-5.13)
 MEOHP 13.4 (11.1, 16.2) 12.6 (11.5-13.9) 12.4 (9.22, 16.7) 11.8 (10.7-13.0) 14.5 (11.3, 18.4) 13.5 (11.9-15.2)
Sample 3d (N=100) (N=2604) (N=50) (N=1294) (N=50) (N=1310)
 MBP 64.1 (57.6, 71.2) 19.0 (17.7-20.5) 65.6 (55.8, 77.1) 15.5 (14.4-16.8) 62.5 (54.2, 72.2) 23.1 (21.0-25.5)
 MiBP 45.7 (40.4, 51.7) 7.21 (6.76-7.70) 50.5 (41.9, 60.8) 6.33 (5.91-6.79) 41.4 (35.2, 48.6) 8.18 (7.46-8.96)
 MEP 14.5 (11.0, 19.2) 91.1 (82.6-101) 10.6 (8.31, 13.5) 78.1 (68.5-89.1) 20.0 (12.2, 32.9) 106 (95.5-117)
 MBzP 0.447 (0.363, 0.552) 7.29 (6.71-7.93) 0.407 (0.297, 0.558) 6.57 (5.91-7.31) 0.491 (0.369, 0.654) 8.07 (7.29-8.93)
 MCNP c 2.44 (2.25-2.65) c 2.32 (2.11-2.55) c 2.57 (2.33-2.83)
 MCOP 0.731 (0.594, 0.901) 6.85 (6.05-7.75) 0.715 (0.514, 0.993) 6.01 (5.29-6.84) 0.749 (0.573, 0.978) 7.76 (6.84-8.81)
 MCPP 0.575 (0.499, 0.662) 2.79 (2.63-2.96) 0.617 (0.508, 0.750) 2.54 (2.34-2.76) 0.535 (0.434, 0.660) 3.04 (2.84-3.25)
 MECPP 31.4 (26.1, 37.8) 33.6 (29.7-38.0) 30.8 (23.6, 40.3) 29.0 (25.3-33.2) 31.9 (24.5, 41.7) 38.7 (34.5-43.3)
 MEHHP 22.1 (18.3, 26.6) 22.2 (19.4-25.5) 21.3 (16.3, 27.8) 19.6 (16.8-22.7) 22.9 (17.6, 29.9) 25.2 (22.1-28.6)
 MEHP 3.42 (2.74, 4.27) 2.66 (2.37-2.99) 3.40 (2.55, 4.54) 2.33 (2.03-2.68) 3.44 (2.43, 4.86) 3.02 (2.70-3.38)
 MEOHP 13.7 (11.5, 16.4) 12.3 (10.7-14.0) 13.0 (10.1, 16.9) 10.5 (9.08-12.2) 14.4 (11.1, 18.5) 14.2 (12.5-16.0)

Abbreviations: confidence interval (CI), geometric mean (GM), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP), mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP), monoethyl phthalate (MEP), monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono(carboxynonyl) phthalate (MCNP), mono(carboxyoctyl) phthalate (MCOP), mono(3- carboxypropyl) phthalate (MCPP), mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP), mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP), mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP).

a

Samples with creatinine concentration ≤20 or ≥275 mg/dL were excluded.

b

First samples were collected during 2003-2004 for men and 1998-2002 for women. These are compared to NHANES 2001-2002 except for MECPP (NHANES 2003-2004; N total: 2605, N male: 1250, N female: 1355), MCNP, and MCOP (NHANES 2005-2006; N total: 2548, N male: 1270, N female: 1278).

c

GM not calculated (>50% of samples below the limit of detection).

d

Third urine samples were collected during 2006-2007. These are compared to NHANES 2007-2008.