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Table 2 Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in 50 pregnant women

From: Exposure assessment of phthalate esters in Japanese pregnant women by using urinary metabolite analysis

Phthalate monoesters

Limit of detection (ng/ml)

Detection rate (%)

Monoester concentrations

Unadjusted (ng/ml)

Adjusted (μg/g cre)

Min

Median

Max

GM (SD)

Min

Median

Max

GM (SD)

MEHP

0.022

98

<LOD

3.96

70.3

3.63 (3.89)

<LOD

5.15

67.8

4.63 (3.32)

MEHHP

0.008

100

1.23

10.6

89.7

10.2 (2.57)

3.90

10.7

164

12.9 (1.98)

MEOHP

0.015

100

0.91

11.0

132

11.0 (2.75)

3.46

11.9

174

13.7 (2.06)

MMP

0.024

100

0.57

6.61

464

8.13 (3.72)

2.16

8.15

714

10.1 (3.18)

MEP

0.02

100

0.33

7.83

1,067

8.71 (4.07)

1.25

9.4

1430

10.9 (3.59)

MnBP

0.066

100

2.92

57.9

504

52.5 (2.75)

11.1

66.6

211

66.9 (1.79)

MBzP

0.03

100

0.26

3.74

74.5

4.57 (3.31)

0.69

4.37

106

5.74 (2.65)

MINP

0.035

14

<LOD

<LOD

2.53

<LOD

<LOD

<LOD

3.65

<LOD

MnOP

0.017

28

<LOD

<LOD

0.22

<LOD

<LOD

<LOD

0.23

<LOD

  1. All urinary metabolite concentrations were log-normally distributed in 50 pregnant women