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. 2017 Oct 27;16:115. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0332-3

Table 2.

Concentrations (μg/g creatinine phthalates and BPA, ng/g lipids PCBs, PBDEs and OCPs, μg/L serum PFAS, DEP, DMP and Hg, μg/dL Pb) of EDCs collected via urine or blood sample from pregnant women for HOME Study, 2003-2006, Cincinnati, OH, n=272

Percentiles Included in Analyses Median NHANES (2003-2004)
EDC %>LOD Mean LODb GM (GSD) 25th 50th 75th
MBP 100 0.60 27.2 (1.9) 17.6 25.8 37.8 Yes 24
MIBP 99 0.30 5.9 (1.9) 4.0 6.1 9.1 Yes 4.0
MEP 100 0.53 152 (3.0) 77.4 143 330.7 Yes 120
MBZP 98 0.22 9.8 (2.4) 5.6 10.7 14.9 Yes 10
MCPP 99 0.20 2.4 (1.9) 1.6 2.3 3.4 Yes 2.9
MEHP 98 1.20 5.9 (2.8) 3.3 4.7 10.4 Yes 2.2
MECPP 100 0.60 41.3 (2.5) 21.5 34.9 70 Yes 31
MEHHP 100 0.70 28.7 (2.6) 14.9 25.3 53.2 Yes 19
MEOHP 100 0.70 22.3 (2.5) 12.3 18 40.3 Yes a
BPA 96 0.4 2.1(1.9) 1.4 1.9 2.9 Yes 2.7
PCB-28 82 0.79 0.7 (3.1) 0.6 1 1.4 No 5.0
PCB-44 92 0.53 0.07 (1.8) 0.04 0.06 0.09 Yes a
PCB-49 100 0.53 0.06 (1.8) 0.04 0.05 0.07 Yes a
PCB-52 91 0.53 0.1 (3.1) 0.04 0.07 0.2 Yes a
PCB-66 75 0.53 0.4 (3.7) 0.1 0.6 1 No 1.4
PCB-74 99 0.63 2.8 (1.8) 1.9 2.7 4 Yes 5.4
PCB-87 100 0.53 0.09 (2.9) 0.04 0.06 0.2 Yes a
PCB-99 99 0.53 2.7 (2.1) 1.7 2.8 3.9 Yes 3.9
PCB-101 32 0.53 0.1 (2.1) 0.05 0.07 0.4 No 1.6
PCB-105 93 0.53 1 (2.8) 0.6 1.1 1.7 Yes 1.2
PCB-110 99 0.53 0.09 (3) 0.04 0.06 0.1 Yes a
PCB-118 99 0.78 5 (1.9) 3.1 4.8 7 Yes 5.0
PCB-128 97 0.53 0.07 (2.5) 0.04 0.05 0.08 Yes a
PCB-146 93 0.53 1 (2.9) 0.8 1.1 1.8 Yes 2.3
PCB-149 97 0.53 0.08 (2.5) 0.04 0.06 0.1 Yes a
PCB-151 97 0.53 0.07 (2.2) 0.04 0.05 0.08 Yes a
PCB-153 100 0.81 11.4 (1.9) 7.5 10.9 15.3 Yes 22
PCB-156 96 0.53 1.6 (2.4) 1 1.6 2.7 Yes 3.4
PCB-157 51 0.53 0.2 (3.7) 0.06 0.2 0.6 No 0.9
PCB-167 59 0.53 0.2 (3.9) 0.06 0.3 0.6 No 0.9
PCB-170 100 0.61 2.9 (2.2) 1.8 2.8 4.3 Yes 6.3
PCB-172 34 0.53 0.1 (3.5) 0.05 0.08 0.4 No 0.9
PCB-177 61 0.53 0.2 (4.1) 0.07 0.4 0.7 No 1.3
PCB-178 52 0.53 0.2 (4) 0.06 0.2 0.7 No 1.2
PCB-180 100 0.78 6.7 (2.1) 4.1 6.3 9.7 Yes a
PCB-183 87 0.53 0.7 (3.3) 0.5 0.8 1.4 Yes 1.7
PCB-187 98 0.53 2 (2.4) 1.3 2 3.2 Yes 4.6
PCB-189 97 0.53 0.07 (2.1) 0.04 0.05 0.08 Yes a
PCB-194 92 0.53 1.3 (2.7) 0.9 1.4 2.2 Yes 4.0
PCB-195 39 0.53 0.1 (3.5) 0.05 0.08 0.5 No 0.6
PCB-199 93 0.53 1.2 (2.9) 0.8 1.3 2.2 Yes 3.7
PCB-206 81 0.53 0.9 (3.5) 0.4 0.9 1.3 Yes 2.3
PCB-209 35 0.53 0.1 (3.2) 0.05 0.08 0.4 No 1.2
PCB-38/158 99 0.78 8 (2.1) 5.2 7.8 11.3 No 16
PCB-196/203 96 0.53 1.5 (2.4) 1.1 1.6 2.6 No 3.3
PFOA 100 6.05 5.6 (1.7) 3.8 5.4 8.1 Yes 3.6
PFOS 100 14.2 13.6 (1.5) 10 14.4 17.9 Yes 18
PFNA 100 0.96 1 (1.4) 0.8 1 1.2 Yes 0.9
PFHXS 100 1.96 1.6 (2) 1 1.6 2.6 Yes 1.6
PFDEA 30 0.21 0.2 (1.6) 0.2 0.2 0.3 Yes a
BB-153 85 0.53 0.9 (4.1) 0.5 1.1 2 No a
PBDE-17 96 0.53 0.07 (2.2) 0.04 0.06 0.08 Yes a
PBDE-28 81 0.53 0.7 (4.1) 0.3 0.9 1.7 Yes 1.0
PBDE-47 100 0.86 19.1 (2.7) 9.6 18 30 Yes 19
PBDE-66 92 0.53 0.06 (2) 0.04 0.05 0.07 Yes a
PBDE-85 49 0.53 0.2 (4.8) 0.06 0.2 0.7 Yes <LOD
PBDE-99 100 0.65 4.4 (2.9) 2.2 4.2 7.4 Yes <LOD
PBDE-100 99 0.53 3.7 (3) 2 3.5 6.4 Yes 3.2
PBDE-153 99 0.53 5.2 (3.3) 2.4 4.2 9.2 Yes 4.0
PBDE-154 42 0.53 0.2 (4.7) 0.05 0.1 0.6 No 0.8
PBDE-183 8 0.53 0.1 (3.3) 0.04 0.07 0.2 Yes a
β-HCH 27 2.63 0.5 (3.5) 0.22 0.32 1.6 Yes <LOD
HCB 94 3.92 6.6 (1.9) 5.5 7.2 9.1 Yes 16
p'p'-DDT 52 2.63 1.1 (3.7) 0.32 1.9 3.2 Yes <LOD
p'p'-DDE 100 2.63 74 (1.8) 51 70 102 Yes 206
Oxychlordane 90 2.63 4.4 (2.5) 3.4 5.1 7.5 Yes 11
trans-Nonachlor 97 2.63 7.5 (2.1) 5.1 7.5 12 Yes 15
DEP 8 0.56 0.08 (5.4) 0.02 0.09 0.3 Yes a
DMP 27 0.62 0.4 (4.2) 0.1 0.4 0.9 Yes a
Pb 96 0.25 0.7 (1.4) 0.5 0.7 0.8 Yes a
Hg 79 0.2 0.6 (2.3) 0.4 0.6 1.0 Yes a

Abbreviations: GM geometric mean, GSD geometric standard deviation, BPA bisphenol A, β-HCH beta-hexachlorocyclohexane, HCB Hexachlorobenzene, DDT dichlorodiphenoltrichloroethane, DDE dichlorodiphenoldichloroethylene

aData not available. bLODs varied by sample size; LODs for PCBs, PBDEs and OCPs are lipid-adjusted and measured in pg/g