Table 4.

Association (hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval) between maternal urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and occurrence of ever eczema in boys ($n=184/604$).

Phthalate metabolite	Unadjusted			Adjusteda
	HRb	95% CI	p-Value	HR	95% CI	p-Value
MEP	1.04	0.93, 1.15	0.47	1.04	0.94, 1.16	0.42
MBP	1.00	0.89, 1.12	0.96	1.03	0.92, 1.15	0.60
MiBP	1.16	1.01, 1.33*	0.03	1.16	1.01, 1.34*	0.03
MECPP	0.97	0.84, 1.12	0.73	0.98	0.84, 1.13	0.77
MEHHP	0.99	0.86, 1.13	0.90	0.99	0.88, 1.14	0.93
MEOHP	1.01	0.88, 1.15	0.91	1.01	0.88, 1.16	0.86
MEHP	0.96	0.86, 1.07	0.50	0.96	0.85, 1.08	0.47
MBzP	0.99	0.88, 1.12	0.99	1.02	0.90, 1.15	0.69
MCOP	1.04	0.91, 1.19	0.48	1.09	0.95, 1.25†	0.05
MCPP	1.02	0.88, 1.17	0.81	1.05	0.91, 1.22	0.50
MCNP	1.02	0.90, 1.14	0.74	1.03	0.92, 1.17	0.56
$\mathrm{\Sigma }\text{DEHP}$	0.99	0.96, 1.03	0.77	0.98	0.94, 1.03	0.57

Note: CI, confidence interval; DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; HR, hazard ratio; MBP, mono-n-butyl phthalate; MBzP, monobenzyl phthalate; MCNP, monocarboxy-isononyl phthalate; MCOP, monocarboxy-isooctyl phthalate; MCPP, mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate; MECPP, mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate; MEHHP, mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate; MEHP, mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; MEOHP, mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate; MiBP, mono-isobutyl phthalate.

^*$p<0.05$,

^†$p<0.10$.

^aHR adjusted for parental asthma/rhinitis/eczema, maternal smoking, maternal age, maternal BMI, maternal education level, gestational age, number of siblings, and recruitment center.

^bHR according to the proportional Cox’s model.