Table 2.
Urinary phthalate metabolites by metabolic syndrome status.
| Metabolic Syndrome | No Metabolic Syndrome | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 219) | (n = 1118) | ||||||
| Geometric Mean (95% CI) | Geometric Mean (95% CI) | ||||||
| MEHP | 10.98 | (10.82, | 11.15) | 9.43 | (9.27, | 9.59) | 0.058 |
| MEOHP | 8.02 | (7.91, | 8.14) | 8.00 | (7.88, | 8.12) | 0.961 |
| MEHHP | 12.87 | (12.75, | 12.99) | 12.83 | (12.70, | 12.95) | 0.960 |
| MECPP | 18.60 | (18.49, | 18.71) | 18.58 | (18.46, | 18.69) | 0.979 |
| MCMHP | 4.50 | (4.32, | 4.67) | 4.02 | (3.83, | 4.20) | 0.214 |
| MBzP | 1.13 | (0.98, | 1.28) | 1.15 | (0.99, | 1.30) | 0.875 |
| MEP | 15.28 | (15.04, | 15.52) | 12.07 | (11.85, | 12.29) | 0.026 |
| MiBP | 8.25 | (8.12, | 8.38) | 9.18 | (9.04, | 9.33) | 0.141 |
| MnBP | 20.85 | (20.72, | 20.98) | 21.36 | (21.23, | 21.49) | 0.714 |
| MMP | 2.28 | (2.13, | 2.44) | 2.07 | (1.91, | 2.23) | 0.223 |
| MiNP | 0.45 | (0.31, | 0.58) | 0.43 | (0.30, | 0.56) | 0.539 |
| ΣHMW | 37.91 | (37.80, | 38.03) | 36.14 | (36.03, | 36.26) | 0.390 |
| ΣLMW | 62.22 | (62.08, | 62.35) | 58.28 | (58.15, | 58.41) | 0.319 |
| ΣDEHP | 61.97 | (61.86, | 62.08) | 59.83 | (59.72, | 59.94) | 0.508 |
| ΣDBP | 31.37 | (31.26, | 31.48) | 33.09 | (32.97, | 33.21) | 0.382 |
Abbreviations: MEHP (Mono-ethylhexyl phthalate); MEOHP (Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate); MEHHP (Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxylhexyl phthalate); MECPP (methylerythritol cyclodiphosphate); MCMHP (Mono(2-carboxymethylhexyl) phthalate); MBzP (monobenzyl phthalate);MEP (monoethyl phthalate); MiBP (monoisobutyl phthalate); MnBP (mono-n-butyl phthalate); MMP (Mono-methyl phthalate); MiNP (Mono-isooctyl phthalate); ΣHMW (high molecular weight) = (Mono-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) + Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate (MEOHP) + Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxylhexyl phthalate (MEHHP) + Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP) + Mono-isooctyl phthalate (MiNP). ΣLMW (low molecular weight) = Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP) + Mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP) + Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP) + Mono-methyl phthalate (MMP). ∑DEHP (di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [molar sum of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), mono-(2-ethyl-5oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP), and mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP), and mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP), and Mono(2-carboxymethylhexyl) phthalate (MCMHP]). ΣDBP (dibutyl phthalate) = Mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP) + Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP).