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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2018 Oct 4;121(Pt 1):538–549. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.027

Table 2.

Distribution of specific gravity corrected biomarkers in maternal prenatal urine collected at two time points in pregnancy

N % > LOD % > Highest calibration standard Average of two measurements
Biomarker Early
Pregnancy
Late
Pregnancy
Early
Pregnancy1
Late
Pregnancy2
Early
Pregnancy1
Late
Pregnancy2
Geo.
Mean
10th% 25th% 50th% 75th% 90th% 95th%
MEP (ng/mL)  361  347  100.0%  99.7%  0.0%  0.0% 233.3 46.5 108.5 223.6 490.2 934.7 1574.2
MnBP (ng/mL)  361  347  99.4%  100.0%  0.0%  0.0% 27.8 9.5 15.9 26.4 47.5 91.3 119.5
MiBP (ng/mL)  361  347  95.2%  97.5%  0.0%  0.0% 3.4 1.1 1.9 3.3 6.1 10.9 16.3
MP (ug/mL)  381  364  100.0%  100.0%  0.3%  3.6% 152.8 29.5 75.5 168.9 365.0 631.3 767.1
PP (ug/mL)  381  351  98.5%  98.7%  0.8%  9.4% 39.6 2.6 11.6 48.0 166.4 446.5 636.6
BP (ug/mL)  381  364  66.5%  71.0%  0.0%  0.0% 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.7 12.6 23.5
TCS (ug/mL)  381  364  83.5%  88.1%  2.4%  1.4% 22.4 1.6 6.0 20.8 112.1 363.3 593.2
2,4-DCP (ug/mL)  381  364  100.0%  100.0%  2.6%  4.7% 5.8 1.5 2.3 3.8 14.6 47.8 69.3
2,5-DCP (ug/mL)  377  363  99.7%  100.0%  11.1%  11.9% 74.5 6.4 16.3 68.4 451.3 859.9 1109.1
BP3 (ug/mL)  376  363  99.7%  99.5%  6.7%  7.2% 27.1 2.5 5.2 18.3 152.1 564.8 944.4
1

Mean = 13 weeks gestation

2

Mean = 26 weeks gestation

LOD = Limit of detection