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. 2018 Feb 2;126(2):027002. doi: 10.1289/EHP1829

Table 2.

Distribution of phthalate metabolites concentration (μg/L) in maternal prenatal urine (n=604).

Parent compound Abbrev Phthalate metabolites (μg/L) Abbrev LOD (μg/L) %>LOD GM Minimum Percentile Maximum
5th 25th 50th 75th 95th
Diethyl phthalate DEP Monoethyl phthalate MEP 0.6 100 110.7 7.9 21 51 96 195 714 4093.4
Di-n-butyl phthalate DBP Mono-n-butyl phthalate MBP 0.2 100 51.6 2.8 12 28 43 73 438 2418.8
Di-isobutyl phthalate DiBP Mono-isobutyl phthalate MiBP 0.2 100 42.7 1.5 12 25 39 69 166 689.9
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP Mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate MECPP 0.2 100 40.5 2.6 12 25 38 62 160 2640.5
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP Mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate MEHHP 0.2 100 26.9 1.7 6.8 16 27 44 103 2103.8
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP Mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate MEOHP 0.2 99.7 22.1 0.6 5.6 14 23 36 84 1441.4
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MEHP 0.5 98 7.2 0.1 1.6 4.4 7.7 15 35 292.3
Benzylbutyl phthalate BBzP Monobenzyl phthalate MBzP 0.3 100 19.7 1.6 4.5 11 18 33 104 970.4
Di-isononyl phthalate DiNP Monocarboxy-isooctyl phthalate MCOP 0.2 99 4.1 0.1 1.2 2.4 3.9 6.5 19 375.3
Di-n-octyl phthalate DOP Mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate MCPP 0.2 100 2.1 0.1 0.7 1.3 1.9 3.4 9.1 78.7
Di-isodecyl phthalate DiDP Monocarboxy-isononyl phthalate MCNP 0.2 97.5 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.2 2.2 9.5 686.8

Note: Abbrev, abbreviation; GM, geometric mean; LOD, limit of detection.