Table 2.

Descriptive analysis of detected npEDC (ng/g) in hypothalamus and white-matter brain tissue by obesity status.

			Hypothalamus (n = 12 Controls, 12 Obese)						White-Matter Brain (n = 5 Controls, 5 Obese)
Compound		Status	N (%) > LOD	Mean	Median	P25	P75	Max	N (%) > LOD	Mean	Median	P25	P75	Max
Phenols	BPA	controls	12 (100)	4.49	0.63	0.48	2.89	26.62	4 (80)	1.22	0.60	0.38	2.07	3.32
		obese	11 (92)	1.73	0.73	0.56	1.23	9.82	5 (100)	1.23	1.01	0.53	1.90	2.39
	TCS	controls	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
		obese	1 (8)	0.97	0.97	-	-	0.97	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
	TCC	controls	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	1 (20)	5.95	5.95	-	-	5.95
		obese	1 (8)	1.56	1.56	-	-	1.56	1 (20)	1.45	1.45	-	-	1.45
	BP3	controls	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	1 (20)	0.32	0.32	-	-	0.32
		obese	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
Parabens	MeP	controls	6 (50)	0.17	0.11	0.06	0.14	0.53	1 (20)	0.26	0.26	-	-	0.26
		obese	9 (75)	0.23	0.09	0.08	0.14	1.16	2 (40)	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.15
	EtP	controls	2 (17)	0.32	0.32	0.07	0.58	0.58	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
		obese	1 (8)	0.36	0.36	-	-	0.36	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
	nPrP	controls	3 (25)	0.13	0.12	0.10	0.16	0.20	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
		obese	2 (17)	0.23	0.23	0.05	0.41	0.41	1 (20)	0.06	0.06	-	-	0.06
	BzP	controls	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD
		obese	1 (8)	0.06	0.06	-	-	0.06	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD

BPA: bisphenol A; BP-3: benzophenone-3; TCC: triclocarban; TCS: triclosan; MeP: methylparaben; EtP: ethylparaben; n-PrP: n-propylparaben; BzP: benzylparaben; LOD: limit of detection; SD: standard deviation.