Table 3.

The concentrations of phthalate metabolites in meconium of newborns (n = 251, ng/g).

Phthalate Metabolites	Gender a	Percentile
		Min	25th	50th	75th	Max	GM
MMP	M	0.30	1.71	2.64	4.24	55.0	2.60
	F	0.30	1.45	2.55	4.86	32.10	2.43
MEP	M	0.57	0.57	1.27	2.02	10.60	1.25
	F	0.57	0.57	1.54	2.31	13.50	1.42
MnBP	M	0.19	20.98	26.60	35.5	96.60	26.64
	F	0.19	18.30	28.50	41.05	271.00	18.40
MiBP	M	0.19	15.50	24.10	37.55	224.0	24.05
	F	0.19	19.90	28.60	56.75	281.0	20.31
MBzP	M	0.85	1.19	1.73	3.48	4.93	1.90
	F	1.39	1.64	1.86	2.48	3.70	3.70
MEHP	M	0.02	34.48	67.30	95.65	228.0	51.82
	F	0.02	23.85	55.60	102.75	311.0	26.61
MEOHP	M	0.05	0.05	0.59	0.88	3.78	0.29
	F	0.05	0.05	0.54	0.95	2.67	0.25
MECPP	M	0.002	0.03	0.15	0.84	11.7	0.15
	F	0.004	0.03	0.16	1.00	16.4	0.18
MEHHP	M	0.01	0.05	0.59	1.39	5.37	0.40
	F	2.71	0.05	0.52	1.39	4.58	0.40
MCMHP	M	0.03	0.72	1.31	2.69	38.60	0.92
	F	0.03	0.03	1.32	3.41	93.10	0.76

GM, geometric mean. ^a M, mother with male newborns; F, mother with female newborns.