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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Hazard Mater. 2016 Mar 11;323(Pt A):177–183. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.03.028

Table 2.

Geometric mean levels of biomarkers in maternal urine by population characteristics and risk factors (n = 184) (µg/g, creatinine corrected urine levels).

Variable Category TCS TCC 2′-OH-TCC 3′-OH-TCC 3′-Cl-TCC EtPB PrPB BuPB MePB
Age ≤24 years 7.08 0.217 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.393 29.38 0.176 109.25
25–29 years 11.04 0.156 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.652 47.73 0.251 191.14
30–34 years 11.57 0.174 0.015 0.008 0.005 1.00 45.58 0.303 255.35
≥35 years 19.39 0.249 0.014 0.005 0.005 0.724 89.92 0.142 362.48
Education Some 8.14 0.217 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.554 43.91 0.123 165.01
High school 11.13 0.160 0.013 0.006 0.005 0.453 40.36 0.240 163.32
Tech or more 10.67 0.207 0.012 0.005 0.004 0.763 42.96 0.273 200.67
Race/ethn. Afric. Amer. 7.33 0.151 0.010 0.005 0.004 0.505 44.32 0.164 145.16
Caribb. 11.33 0.234 0.016 0.006 0.005 0.666 46.40 0.263 210.34
African 9.36 0.606 0.015 0.009 0.009 1.20 54.72 0.067 341.87
Other 46.48 0.114 0.015 0.006 0.006 4.78 34.90 2.00 281.11
Latino 20.79 0.160 0.007 0.004 0.004 0.291 17.48 0.181 121.76
Alcohol No 12.15 0.169 0.012 0.006 0.005 0.566 41.50 0.201 181.01
Yes 2.46 5.82 0.134 0.027 0.011 0.557 85.41 0.141 394.28
Tobacco No 11.94 0.171 0.012 0.006 0.005 0.573 41.52 0.205 184.78
Yes 3.90 4.39 0.081 0.019 0.011 0.413 84.50 0.090 231.83
Gender Female 11.49 0.248 0.014 0.006 0.005 0.547 39.00 0.166 183.92
Male 8.28 0.172 0.012 0.006 0.005 0.555 47.85 0.206 163.28
US Born Yes 8.63 0.173 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.540 37.52 0.178 129.03
No 11.86 0.217 0.013 0.006 0.005 0.649 48.30 0.253 249.98
*

Significance level of p < 0.05, bolded in text.