Table 2.
Within-day variability – descriptive statistics of the non-transformed biomarker concentrations () for the unpooled spot samples from subgroup 1 (2 women, spot samples collected over the first week of collection), and ICCs based on phenol biomarker concentrations, creatinine concentration, and specific gravity. Values were not standardized for creatinine or specific gravity.
| Biomarker | LOD () | Results above the LOD, N (%) | Percentiles | Within-day ICC (95% CI)a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th | ||||
| Phenols ()b | ||||||||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0.1 | 113 (99) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.12 (0.00, 0.28) |
| 2,5-Dichlorophenol | 0.1 | 111 (97) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.11 (0.00, 0.27) |
| Butyl paraben | 0.1 | 113 (99) | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 21.7 | 92.7 | 0.10 (0.00, 0.25) |
| Ethyl paraben | 1.0 | 105 (92) | 2.4 | 10.7 | 43.1 | 126.2 | 0.03 (0.00, 0.15) | |
| Methyl paraben | 1.0 | 114 (100) | 37 | 90.4 | 217.3 | 1329.4 | 5000.0 | 0.27 (0.05, 0.49) |
| Propyl paraben | 0.1 | 114 (100) | 0.8 | 4.8 | 36.7 | 139.0 | 895.1 | 0.28 (0.05, 0.50) |
| Benzophenone-3 | 0.2 | 31 (27) | 1.4 | 10.7 | 0.26 (0.04, 0.48) | |||
| Bisphenol A | 0.1 | 113 (99) | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 0.21 (0.01, 0.41) |
| Bisphenol S | 0.1 | 112 (98) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.50 (0.26, 0.73) |
| Triclosan | 1.0 | 90 (79) | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 0.30 (0.08, 0.53) | |
| Urine dilution markers | ||||||||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | NA | 114 (100) | 37.2 | 72.5 | 102.5 | 139.2 | 223.1 | 0.10 (0.00, 0.26) |
| Specific gravity | NA | 114 (100) | 1.009 | 1.014 | 1.018 | 1.021 | 1.027 | 0.03 (0.00, 0.15) |
Note: CI, confidence interval; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; LOD, limit of detection; NA, not applicable.
ICCs were estimated from ANOVA with a random effect on day (14 d) and within-woman mean-centering of the log-transformed phenols concentrations.
Concentrations below the LOD were replaced by instrumental reading values. For each phenol biomarker, instrumental reading values equal to 0 were replaced by the lowest non-zero instrumental reading value divided by the square root of 2.