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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Jul 31;144:106002. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106002

Table 2.

Bisphenol and phthalate urinary concentrations (n=1,192)

Early pregnancy
median GA 12.9 wks (IQR 12.1-14.5)
Mid-pregnancy
median GA 20.4 wks (IQR 19.9-20.9)

Median (IQR) (ng/mL) Percentage of values below the limit of detection (LOD) Median (IQR) (ng/mL) Percentage of values below the limit of detection (LOD)
Total bisphenolsa 9.35 (3.53, 20.69) 6.29 (3.04, 13.71)
 Bisphenol A (BPA) 1.67 (0.70, 3.63) 21.2 1.46 (0.74, 3.17) 6.7
 Bisphenol S (BPS) 0.36 (0.17, 1.07) 32.0 0.24 (0.12, 0.49) 71.0
 Bisphenol F (BPF) 0.58 (0.30, 1.31) 59.8 0.50 (0.31, 1.22) 88.3
Phthalic acid (PA) metabolites 57.44 (31.09, 123.62) 0.3 149.79 (61.83, 280.49) 0.1
Low molecular weight (LMW) metabolitesa 1076.70 (422.84, 2953.02) 586.84 (237.99, 1460.35)
 Monomethylphthalate (mMP) 5.59 (2.76, 9.82) 0.2 3.46 (1.84, 6.21) 0.2
 Monoethylphthalate (mEP) 135.20 (41.02, 489.33) 0.1 72.84 (25.06, 224.04) -
 Mono-isobutylphthalate (mIBP) 20.97 (9.55, 45.43) 0.2 8.86 (4.58, 17.81) -
 Mono-n-butylphthalate (mBP) 15.99 (7.02, 31.03) 0.8 9.66 (5.45, 18.97) -
High molecular weight (HMW) metabolitesa 217.41 (112.57, 403.02) 130.83 (73.78, 242.34)
Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) metabolitesa 171.36 (89.19, 318.69) 96.46 (53.06, 182.92)
 Mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl)phthalate (mECPP) 16.04 (8.23, 31.25) 0.2 10.42 (5.75, 19.95) 0.1
 Mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl)phthalate (mEHHP) 11.78 (5.76, 22.59) 0.2 5.57 (2.94, 10.65) 0.1
 Mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl)phthalate (mEOHP) 7.67 (3.54, 15.28) - 7.43 (3.65, 16.11) -
 Mono-[(2-carboxymethyl)hexyl]phthalate (mCMHP) 14.03 (7.60, 26.25) 0.1 4.01 (2.28, 7.32) 0.3
Di-isononylphthalate (DINP)
 Monoisononylphthalate (mINP) 0.74 (0.36, 1.93) 86.2 0.74 (0.36, 1.93) 98.7
Di-isodecylphthalate (DIDP)
 Mono-(8-methyl-1-nonyl)phthalate (MIDP) 1.80 (1.28, 2.73) 92.0 1.80 (1.28, 2.73) 98.2
Di-n-octylphthalate (DNOP)a 5.77 (3.16, 10.81) 3.53 (2.05, 6.74)
 Mono(3-carboxypropyl)phthalate (mCPP) 1.45 (0.80, 2.75) 0.3 0.89 (0.52, 1.69) -
 Monooctylphthalate (mOP) 0.46 (0.34, 0.79) 90.3 0.46 (0.34, 0.79) 99.4
 Mono-(7-carboxy-n-heptyl)phthalate (mCHpP) 0.11 (0.08, 0.13) 99.2 0.11 (0.08, 0.13) 100.0
Other high molecular weight metabolites
 Monobenzylphthalate (mBzP) 6.35 (3.05, 12.55) 8.1 5.22 (2.26, 11.03) 1.5
 Mono-hexylphthalate (mHxP) 0.33 (0.16, 0.62) 24.2 0.33 (0.16, 0.62) 98.7
 Mono-2-heptylphthalate (mHpP) 1.09 (0.59, 2.33) 35.2 1.09 (0.58, 2.33) 96.7
 Monocyclohexylphthalate (mCHP) 0.17 (0.09, 0.42) 80.9 0.17 (0.09, 0.42) 94.3
a

Groups are molar concentrations in nmol/L with non-detectable levels of separate metabolites imputed as LOD/sqr(2). Separate metabolites are included only if less than 80% of values was below the LOD. GA : gestational age.