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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2017 Apr 5;156:326–333. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.038

Table 2.

Distribution of specific-gravity corrected prenatal BPA and individual and ΣDEHP, ΣHMW, and ΣLMW phthalates metabolites in the prenatal and child exposure periods.

Percentiles

Analyte LOQ %>LOQ GM(SD) Minimum 25th 50th 75th Maximum
Prenatal N=223
BPA 0.4 70 0.74 (2.1) 0.14 0.5 0.7 1.1 15
MBP 0.5 100 56.9 (2.7) 2.39 31.9 57.2 108.1 1094
MBzP 0.2 99.6 4.5 (2.5) 0.08 2.8 4.6 7.8 106
MCPP 0.2 94 1.2 (2.3) 0.08 0.7 1.2 1.9 13
MEP 1 99.6 118.1 (3.8) 2.3 45.1 113.8 231.1 12659
MIBP 0.2 98 1.99 (2.5) 0.11 1.1 1.9 3.3 37
MEHP 1 91 5.2 (2.4) 0.54 3.1 5.8 9.1 57
MECPP 0.2 100 33.2 (2.2) 0.95 21.3 34 55.9 290
MEHHP 0.1 100 20.4 (2.4) 0.62 12.4 20.8 36.4 180
MEOHP 0.1 100 12.3 (2.3) 0.34 7.2 12.4 21.5 102
ΣDEHP - - 64.8 (2.6) 1.25 35.2 74.6 126.6 513
ΣHMW - - 73.3 (2.5) 4.62 40.5 80.3 135.9 527
ΣLMW - - 190.2 (3.6) 2.02 88.8 180.3 395.2 10855

Child N=242
BPA 0.4 85 1.4 (2.3) 0.3 0.8 1.3 2.3 25
MBP 0.5 100 119.5 (2.3) 13.1 68.1 109.3 182.9 3649
MBzP 0.2 100 6.6 (2.1) 0.5 4 6.3 10.4 151
MCPP 0.2 99 2.5 (2.2) 0.3 1.5 2.3 3.7 132
MEP 1 100 93.8 (3.7) 5.7 36.1 77.6 191.5 8132
MIBP 0.2 100 11.8 (2.1) 2 8 11 15.8 257
MEHP 1 94 6.8 (2.5) 0.6 3.9 7 11.5 1432
MECPP 0.2 100 73.4 (2.2) 11.4 45.8 65.7 102.3 9675
MEHHP 0.1 100 53.8 (2.3) 5.2 31.5 50.2 78.9 10275
MEOHP 0.1 100 23.8 (2.3) 2.2 14.6 21.8 34.7 4500
ΣDEHP - - 128.8 (2.4) 9.4 72.9 128.4 219 32220
ΣHMW - - 141 (2.4) 9.8 81.3 141.9 236.9 32251
ΣLMW - - 220.8 (2.9) 11.9 102.7 197.7 420.7 6202

Metabolites are shown after replacing values < LOQ with LOQ/sqrt(2) and correcting for specific gravity (ng/mL).

LOQ=limit of quantification; GM=geometric mean; SD=standard deviation.