Table 1.
Specific-gravity adjusted phthalate metabolite concentrations (in ng/mL) in reproductive-age Tsimane’ women (n=59)1.
| Phthalate (abbreviation) | Metabolite (abbreviation) | LOD (%detected) | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
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| Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) | Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) | 0.5 (75) | 0.55 | 1.03 | 2.46 |
| Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalate (MEHHP) | 0.2 (97) | 2.22 | 4.31 | 10.86 | |
| Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate (MEOHP) | 0.2 (98) | 1.56 | 3.13 | 6.50 | |
| Mono-2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl phthalate (MECPP) ΣDEHP | 0.2 (100) | 4.69 | 9.71 | 15.37 | |
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| Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) | Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP) | 0.4 (80) | 0.68 | 6.14 | 24.38 |
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| Di-isobutyl phthalate (DiBP) | Mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP) | 0.2 (93) | 1.28 | 7.53 | 16.44 |
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| Butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) | Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP) | 0.3 (81) | 0.63 | 0.97 | 3.18 |
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| Diethyl phthalate (DEP) | Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP) | 0.6 (54) | 0.43 | 1.01 | 6.44 |
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| Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) | Mono-carboxy-isooctyl phthalate (MCOP) | 0.2 (73) | 0.33 | 0.66 | 1.78 |
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| Di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and other high molecular weight phthalates | Mono-3-carboxy-propyl phthalate (MCPP) | 0.2 (10) | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
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| Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) | Mono-carboxy-isononyl phthalate (MCNP) | 0.2 (22) | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.29 |
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Another metabolite measured, mHINCH, was not detectable in any subjects.