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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2021 Sep 25;204(Pt B):112083. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112083

Table 2.

Percent difference in urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations per standard deviation increment in dietary pattern score among 2,369 6–19 year old participants in the 2011–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

% difference (95% CI)
High molecular weight urinary phthalate metabolites Low molecular weight urinary phthalate metabolites
∑DEHP MCOP MCNP MCPP MBzP MEP MBP MiBP
Dietary pattern 1 13.0 (8.6, 17.6) 37.2 (30.3, 44.4) 22.3 (17.6, 27.3) 32.5 (26.4, 38.8) 2.6 (−2.6, 8.1) 3.5 (−1.9, 9.2) 4.1 (−0.6, 9.0) 1.5 (−2.8, 6.0)
Dietary pattern 2 1.4 (−2.6, 5.5) 13.2 (7.4, 19.4) 0.9 (−3.1, 5.1) 16.5 (11.1, 22.3) 7.6 (2.2, 13.4) −4.2 (−9.2, 1.1) 6.6 (1.8, 11.6) 4.1 (−0.3, 8.7)
Dietary pattern 3 6.1 (1.9, 10.4) −8.1 (−12.8, −3.1) −4.0 (−7.8, 0.0) −1.9 (−6.6, 2.9) 13.3 (7.6, 19.3) 13.9 (7.9, 20.1) 14.3 (9.2, 19.6) 8.0 (3.4, 12.7)

Abbreviations: DEHP, di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate; MBP, monobutyl phthalate; MBzP, monobenzyl phthalate; MCOP, monocarboxyoctyl phthalate; MCNP, monocarboxy-isononyl phthalate; MCPP, mono (3-carboxypropyl) phthalate; MEP, mono-ethyl phthalate; MiBP, mono-isobutyl phthalate