Table 2.

Distribution of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations (ng/mL) among women (n=56) and mean (n=43) undergoing IVF

Phthalate Metabolite	Geometric Mean	Geometric SD	Minimum	25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile	75^th Percentile	Maximum	≥LOD (%)
MEP
Women	30.0	3.66	1.44	10.8	29.5	72.6	971	100
Men	18.9	2.87	<LOD	8.96	15.7	42.2	601	98.0
MBP
Women	16.1	2.82	<LOD	7.55	14.1	26.9	324	98.0
Men	9.72	2.59	1.75	4.97	7.59	17.0	252	100
ΣLMW^a
Women	258	3.19	18.4	120	240	511	5242	-
Men	155	2.82	13.5	83.2	125	330	3118	-
MPP
Women	<LOD	1.05	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.36	5.0
Men	<LOD	1.14	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	1.15	9.0
MHxP
Women	3.46	1.56	0.78	2.38	3.53	4.96	10.7	100
Men	2.05	1.64	0.35	1.26	1.76	3.46	10.0	100
MEHP
Women	3.08	3.58	<LOD	0.66	2.03	3.50	114	98.0
Men	1.86	2.60	0.13	0.50	1.42	2.68	325	100
MEHHP
Women	2.24	2.53	0.79	3.88	6.87	14.4	105	100
Men	6.17	2.78	0.69	2.56	4.30	9.64	315	100
MECPP ^*
Women	19.5	2.94	2.39	8.35	16.4	46.5	373	100
Men	R.7	3.33	1.24	5.05	11.2	20.5	448	100
ΣDEHP^b ^*
Women	108	3.06	16.3	44.3	86.6	223	1895	98.0
Men	69.0	3.28	6.87	31.2	56.7	108	3673	100
MiNP
Women	<LOD	1.69	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	10.5	9.0
Men	<LOD	1.68	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	5.13	14.0
MiDP
Women	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	9.64	4.0
Men	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.0
MCHP
Women	<LOD	1.06	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.54	2.0
Men	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.0
MBzP ^*
Women	3.10	4.10	<LOD	0.99	2.31	5.61	52.3	98.0
Men	1.85	2.85	0.29	0.66	1.40	2.94	38.4	100
ΣHMW^c ^*
Women	148	2.72	24.3	67.3	131	365	1936	-
Men	89.5	3.01	13.2	40.5	74.7	143	3848	-

ΣLMW (nmol/mL) as the molar sum of MEP, MBP, and MPP;

ΣDEHP (nmol/mL) as the molar sum of MEHP, MEHHP, and MECPP;

ΣHMW (nmol/mL) as the molar sum of MHxP, MEHP, MEHHP, MECPP, MiNP, and MBzP;

p<0.05 for the difference between women and men using Wilcoxon signed rank test.

Abbreviations: IVF, in vitro fertilization; LOD, limit of detection; MBP, monobutyl phthalate; MBzP, monobenzyl phthalate; MCHP, monocyclohexyl phthalate; MECPP, mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate; MEHHP, mono (2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate; MEHP, mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate; MHxP, monohexyl phthalate; MiDP, mono-isodecyl phthalate; MiNP, mono-isononyl phthalate; MPP, mono-n-pentyl phthalate