Table 3.
Distribution of pesticide metabolite levels in urine (n=159).
| Metabolite a (ng/mL) | Mean ± SD | Percentile
|
Range | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | |||
| Unadjusted | |||||||
| DMP | 11±25 | <LOD | 4 | 12 | 29 | 39 | <LOD-271 |
| DMTP | 9±17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 39 | <LOD-148 |
| DMDTP | 1±2 | <LOD | 0.4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | <LOD-10 |
| DEP | 4±8 | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | <LOD-64 |
| DETP | 2±3 | <LOD | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | <LOD-20 |
| DEDTP | 0.1±0.1 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.3 | 0.4 | <LOD-1 |
| ΣDAPsb | 188±318 | 20 | 98 | 194 | 408 | 790 | 3–2,340 |
| SG-adjusted | |||||||
| DMP | 11±24 | <LOD | 5 | 15 | 28 | 43 | <LOD-259 |
| DMTP | 10±18 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 44 | <LOD-122 |
| DMDTP | 1±3 | <LOD | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | <LOD-15 |
| DEP | 4±7 | 0.2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | <LOD-54 |
| DETP | 2±3 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | <LOD-17 |
| DEDTP | 0.1±0.1 | <LOD | <LOD | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | <LOD-1 |
| ΣDAPsb | 202±303 | 34 | 113 | 236 | 469 | 728 | 3–2,094 |
| CR-adjusted (missing=2) | |||||||
| DMP | 8±16 | <LOD | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | <LOD-148 |
| DMTP | 7±16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | <LOD-122 |
| DMDTP | 1±2 | <LOD | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | <LOD-19 |
| DEP | 2±5 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | <LOD-34 |
| DETP | 1±2 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | <LOD-16 |
| DEDTP | 0.1±0.1 | <LOD | <LOD | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | <LOD-1 |
| ΣDAPsb | 143±242 | 23 | 67 | 155 | 314 | 471 | 2–1,800 |
a
LOD= 0.6 ng/mL (DMP), 0.2 ng/mL (DMTP), 0.2 ng/mL (DEP), and 0.1 ng/mL (DETP, DMDTP, DEDTP). Percent of samples above the LOD: DMP=57% (n = 91); DMTP=87% (n = 139); DMDTP=57% (n = 90); DEP=64% (n = 101); DETP=72% (n = 114); and DEDTP=10% (n = 16).
b
ΣDAPs urinary concentration units are nmol/mL.