Table 3.

Distribution of individual pesticide metabolite concentrations in urine of men seeking infertility evaluation (n= 159).

Metabolitea (ng/mL)	Mean ± SD	Percentile					Range
		25th	50th	75th	90th	95th
Unadjusted
DMP	10.77 ± 25.30	0.30	4.34	12.48	29.42	38.60	0.30–270.75
DMTP	8.62 ± 17.42	0.68	3.13	7.28	21.11	38.71	0.10–148.12
DMDTP	1.18 ± 2.03	0.05	0.43	1.16	3.51	5.96	0.05–10.32
DEP	3.68 ± 8.24	0.10	1.00	3.65	8.87	14.82	0.10–63.56
DETP	1.70 ± 3.48	0.05	0.60	1.46	3.83	9.27	0.05–20.08
DEDTP	0.09 ± 0.12	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.26	0.39	0.05–0.66
3PBA	0.89 ± 1.51	0.51	0.62	0.87	1.57	2.27	0.05–15.18
SG-adjusted
DMP	11.35 ± 24.04	0.51	5.17	15.39	27.51	43.11	0.20–258.98
DMTP	9.76 ± 18.07	0.85	3.73	9.13	28.62	44.19	0.05–121.76
DMDTP	1.41 ± 2.52	0.08	0.46	1.30	4.46	8.36	0.03–15.13
DEP	3.72 ± 7.48	0.22	1.33	4.14	9.33	13.70	0.05–53.78
DETP	1.77 ± 2.92	0.16	0.76	1.71	4.51	7.04	0.03–16.98
DEDTP	0.11 ± 0.13	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.29	0.43	0.03–0.72
3PBA	1.15 ± 2.64	0.44	0.69	1.17	1.99	2.55	0.04–27.83
CR-adjusted (missing = 2)
DMP	7.87 ± 16.26	0.47	2.57	7.24	19.80	27.86	0.12–147.95
DMTP	7.22 ± 16.21	0.61	2.59	6.07	16.14	24.91	0.02–121.93
DMDTP	1.02 ± 2.14	0.07	0.29	0.96	2.64	5.32	0.01–18.89
DEP	2.47 ± 4.71	0.19	0.78	2.30	7.07	11.22	0.03–33.77
DETP	1.29 ± 2.20	0.12	0.51	1.40	3.80	5.87	0.01–15.60
DEDTP	0.08 ± 0.09	0.03	0.05	0.10	0.19	0.48	0.01–0.56
3PBA	1.08 ± 3.92	0.28	0.47	1.01	1.72	2.24	0.02–46.56

^aUnadjusted urinary metabolite concentration (units) =ng/mL. LOD= 0.6 ng/mL (DMP), 0.2ng/mL (DMTP), 0.2 ng/mL (DEP), and 0.1 ng/mL (DETP, DMDTP, DEDTP, 3PBA). Percent of metabolite samples above the LOD: DMP =57% (n= 91); DMTP = 87% (n =139); DMDTP = 57% (n =90); DEP =64% (n= 101); DETP = 72% (n =114); and DEDTP =10% (n=16); 3PBA= 79% (n =126).