Table 2.

Distributions of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among ELEMENT adolescents (μg/L) (n=515).

						Percentiles
	LOD	%>LOD	GM	GSD	25th	50th	75th	95th	Max
phthalates
MEHP	1	93.2	4.15	2.51	2.30	4.08	7.94	17.2	243
MEHHP	0.1	99.6	28.4	2.84	16.0	29.5	53.0	120	3570
MEOHP	0.1	99.6	14.2	2.77	7.89	14.0	26.2	71.2	1869
MECPP	0.2	99.6	43.7	2.74	24.6	43.5	78.8	178	3512
MBzP	0.2	99.0	3.49	2.74	1.94	3.37	6.35	16.6	377
MBP	0.5	99.6	124	2.79	71.3	128	238	560	4264
MiBP	0.2, 0.1a	99.6	10.4	2.63	6.17	11.3	19.2	48.5	155
MCPP	0.2	98.6	1.96	2.51	1.11	1.98	3.56	8.89	51.2
MEP	1	99.4	99.2	3.98	40.0	87.7	226	1100	8990
MCOP	0.2	99.6	4.89	2.81	2.37	4.85	9.56	28.1	150
MCNP	0.2	98.6	0.85	2.05	0.55	0.80	1.36	2.85	8.83
MNP	0.5	0.4	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	0.77
ΣDEHP (μmol/L)	na	na	0.31	2.63	0.17	0.30	0.55	1.32	30.8

LOD=limit of detection; GM=geometric mean; GSD=geometric standard deviation; na=not applicable

^aLOD differed by batch;