Table III.
Urinary levels of EDCs measured by new methods and established method at Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
| Dutch facility (ng/mL) | Danish facility (ng/mL) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOD | N > LOD (%) | LOQ | N > LOQ (%) | mean | q25 | q50 | q75 | max | LOD | N > LOD (%) | mean | q25 | q50 | q75 | max | |
| Parabens | ||||||||||||||||
| MeP | 0.14 | 39 (98) | 1 | 38 (95) | 58.7 | 5.32 | 53.3 | 79.5 | 200 | 0.08 | 40 (100) | 47.8 | 8.40 | 37.4 | 63.7 | 165 |
| EtP | 0.09 | 37 (93) | 0.5 | 31 (78) | 8.94 | 0.73 | 3.68 | 10.3 | 54.5 | 0.04 | 40 (100) | 8.39 | 0.63 | 3.18 | 8.83 | 56.5 |
| n-PrP | 0.07 | 31 (78) | 1 | 25 (63) | 20.0 | 0.09 | 3.72 | 29.4 | 141 | 0.05 | 37 (93) | 11.2 | 0.33 | 1.87 | 15.0 | 79.0 |
| n-BuP | 0.06 | 23 (58) | 1 | 14 (35) | 2.39 | <LOD | 0.15 | 2.05 | 19.3 | 0.05 | 26 (65) | 2.4 | <LOD | 0.16 | 2.03 | 20.8 |
| BzP | 0.07 | 6 (15) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0.05 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.48 | 0.05 | 15 (38) | 0.07 | <LOD | <LOD | 0.02 | 0.52 |
| Bisphenols | ||||||||||||||||
| BPA | 0.22 | 15 (38) | 1.4 | 8 (20) | 1.47 | <LOD | <LOD | 1.22 | 27.3 | 0.12 | 40 (100) | 2.06 | 0.95 | 1.69 | 2.34 | 14.3 |
| BPF | 0.23 | 14 (35) | 1.5 | 7 (18) | 1.40 | <LOD | <LOD | 0.93 | 27.3 | |||||||
| BPS | 0.06 | 3 (8) | 0.8 | 1 (3) | 0.11 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 3.28 | |||||||
| Phthalates | ||||||||||||||||
| MMP | 0.43 | 19 (48) | 2 | 7 (18) | 1.06 | <LOD | <LOD | 1.31 | 7.28 | 0.53 | 3 (8) | 0.32 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 7.32 |
| MEP | 0.35 | 40 (100) | 1 | 40 (100) | 114 | 18.9 | 28.8 | 169 | 965 | 0.79 | 40 (100) | 103 | 17.2 | 28.4 | 169 | 767 |
| MiBP | 0.33 | 40 (100) | 2 | 40 (100) | 34.2 | 13.3 | 21.1 | 36.1 | 196 | 0.44 | 40 (100) | 33.3 | 13.2 | 21.1 | 35.5 | 199 |
| MnBP | 0.22 | 40 (100) | 2 | 40 (100) | 35.7 | 13.1 | 18.2 | 33.6 | 307 | 0.68 | 40 (100) | 30.7 | 11.3 | 17.6 | 27.0 | 273 |
| MnHP | 0.07 | 23 (58) | 0.5 | 0 (0) | 0.10 | <LOD | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 1 (3) | 0.4 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| MEHP | 0.12 | 40 (100) | 2 | 25 (63) | 3.30 | 1.54 | 2.54 | 3.38 | 14.0 | 0.42 | 40 (100) | 3.16 | 1.53 | 2.34 | 3.44 | 13.5 |
| MEHHP | 0.11 | 40 (100) | 1 | 40 (100) | 13.5 | 5.66 | 8.36 | 15.6 | 52.7 | 0.44 | 40 (100) | 15.7 | 7.18 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 62.5 |
| MEOHP | 0.09 | 40 (100) | 1 | 40 (100) | 8.84 | 3.72 | 5.58 | 9.71 | 32.5 | 0.46 | 40 (100) | 9.44 | 3.71 | 6.39 | 11.5 | 38.6 |
| MECPP | 0.25 | 40 (100) | 1 | 40 (100) | 12.8 | 5.34 | 10.2 | 15.0 | 59.2 | 0.28 | 40 (100) | 10.0 | 4.51 | 7.79 | 11.9 | 47.8 |
| MBzP | 0.22 | 40 (100) | 1 | 40 (100) | 8.63 | 2.89 | 4.8 | 10.8 | 41.6 | 0.50 | 40 (100) | 5.47 | 1.96 | 3.03 | 6.66 | 28.5 |
| MiNP | 0.10 | 0 (0) | 0.5 | 0 (0) | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.39 | 13 (33) | 0.28 | <LOD | <LOD | 0.48 | 2.17 | |
| MHiNP | 0.29 | 0 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||||||||
| MiDP | 0.31 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||||||||
Names and abbreviations of all analytes are shown in Table I. LOQ, limit of quantification; q25, 25th quartile; q75, 75th quartile; q95, 95th quartile; LOD, limit of detection.