Table 2.
Daily consumption patterns and bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure summary.
| Food or Beverage Item | Exposure Score a | Mothers (n = 399) | Children (n = 399) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Consumption b, Median (IQR) | Daily BPA Index c, Median (IQR) | Daily Consumption b, Median (IQR) | Daily BPA Index c, Median (IQR) | ||
| Item 1: Cold beverages from a hard plastic cup | 1.33 | 3.0 (2.0) | 3.99 (2.66) | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.66 (2.66) |
| Item 2: Hot beverages from a hard plastic cup | 2 | 2.0 (2.0) | 4.0 (4.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 4.0 (4.0) |
| Item 3: Canned beverages | 1.67 | 0.29 (0.29) | 0.48 (0.48) | 0.29 (0.29) | 0.48 (0.48) |
| Item 4: Disposable, plastic bottled beverages | 1 | 0.14 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.14) |
| Item 5: Food packaged in a metal can | 3 | 0.43 (0.43) | 1.29 (1.29) | 0.43 (0.43) | 1.29 (1.29) |
| Item 6: Unheated/uncooked food packaged in plastic/film wrap | 0 | 0.14 (0.29) | 0 | 0.14 (0.29) | 0 |
| Item 7: Hot food stored in plastic film/packaging | 0 | 0.14 (0.29) | 0 | 0.14 (0.14) | 0 |
| Item 8: Food heated in the microwave/oven in contact with plastic | 2.67 | 0.14 (0.22) | 0.38 (0.58) | 0.14 (0.24) | 0.38 (0.63) |
| Item 9: Food microwaved in plastic containers | 2.33 | 0.14 (0.14) | 0.33 (0.33) | 0.14 (0.14) | 0.33 (0.33) |
| Daily BPA index c | 11.92 (6.17) | 9.97 (5.74) | |||
BPA, Bisphenol A; IQR, interquartile range; a exposure score extracted from Tse et al., (2017) [24] supplementary material as an average of literature-based and expert-based exposure scores (Table S1); b reported dietary intake frequencies as servings per day; c daily BPA index computed in Equation (1) as a sum of item-specific daily BPA indices presented here.