Table 3.
Comparing median levels of phthalate metabolites (ng/ml) detected in the FF of (n=176) Indian women in our study with three other studies.
| Parent phthalate | Metabolite screened in the FF |
Current study Parikh et al. (n=176) median (ng/ml) |
Barnett-Itzhaki Z et al. (38) (2021) (n=105) median (ng/ml) |
Yuan XQ et al. (36) (2020) (n=332) median (ng/ml) |
Du Y et al. (35) (2019) (n=194) median (ng/ml) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBP | MBP | 1.27 | 1.88 | 1.32 | 1.68 |
| DEP | MEP | 4.13 | 1.66 | 0.28 | 1.24 |
| DEHP | MEOHP | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.07 |
| DEHP | MEHHP | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.72 | 1.12 |
| DiNP | MiNP | 0.12 | 0.04 | Not Screened | Not Screened |
| DiDP | MiDP | 0.12 | Not Screened | Not Screened | Not Screened |
DBP = dibutyl phthalate; DEHP = di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; DEP = diethyl phthalate; DiDP = di-isodecyl phthalate; DiNP = di-isononyl phthalate; FF = follicular fluid; MBP = mono-n-butyl phthalate; MEHHP = mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate; MEOHP = mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate; MEP = mono-ethyl phthalate; MiDP = mono-isodecyl phthalate; MiNP = mono-isononyl phthalate.