Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of prenatal and postnatal BPA concentrations among 115 boys and 126 girls included in the analysis (LOD=0.4μg/L)
| Percentile | Geometric mean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Time of BPA collection | Minimum | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | Maximum | Mean | |
| Prenatal BPA | |||||||||
| No specific gravity adjustment (μg/L) | |||||||||
| All children | <LOD | 0.60 | 1.10 | 1.90 | 3.60 | 6.50 | 30.00 | 3.05 | 1.93 |
| Girls | <LOD | 0.60 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 3.50 | 8.30 | 30.00 | 3.19 | 1.92 |
| Boys | <LOD | 0.60 | 1.20 | 2.00 | 3.70 | 6.00 | 19.10 | 2.90 | 1.95 |
| Specific gravity adjusted (μg/L) | |||||||||
| All children | 0.25 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 2.09 | 3.55 | 5.79 | 38.97 | 3.11 | 2.14 |
| Girls | 0.25 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 2.20 | 3.67 | 5.79 | 32.24 | 3.20 | 2.18 |
| Boys | 0.29 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 2.01 | 3.35 | 5.82 | 38.97 | 3.01 | 2.10 |
| Postnatal BPA | |||||||||
| No specific gravity adjustment (μg/L) | |||||||||
| All children | <LOD | 1.00 | 1.80 | 3.05 | 6.60 | 11.90 | 41.20 | 5.28 | 3.29 |
| Girls | 0.40 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.90 | 6.40 | 10.70 | 41.20 | 5.35 | 3.10 |
| Boys | <LOD | 1.00 | 2.20 | 3.30 | 7.10 | 11.90 | 27.70 | 5.20 | 3.53 |
| Specific gravity adjusted (μg/L) | |||||||||
| All children | 0.25 | 1.25 | 2.03 | 3.17 | 6.47 | 13.73 | 404.00 | 8.40 | 3.74 |
| Girls | 0.25 | 1.25 | 1.80 | 3.19 | 7.14 | 15.69 | 404.00 | 11.01 | 3.82 |
| Boys | 0.29 | 1.31 | 2.06 | 3.14 | 6.08 | 11.71 | 33.34 | 5.49 | 3.63 |