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Table 2 Unadjusted urinary concentrations (in ng/mL) of phthalate metabolites in Egyptian girls and U.S. population as measured in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006

From: Exposure to phthalates among premenstrual girls from rural and urban Gharbiah, Egypt: A pilot exposure assessment study

 

NHANES 2003-2006a

Urban Egyptians (n = 28)

Rural Egyptians (n = 29)

Metabolite

Mean (S.E.)

Median

Range

Mean (S.E.)

Median

Range

Mean (S.E.)

Median

Range

Mono-carboxyisononyl phthalate (MCNP)

7.3 (1.1)

5.0

0.4-31.8

1.5 (0.2)

1

0.4-5.3

1.7 (0.4)

1.2

0.4-9.5

Mono-carboxy-isooctyl phthalate (MCOP)

12.7 (3.1)

7.0

0.5-72.2

5.1 (1.1)

3.2

0.5-25.5

3.5 (0.5)

2.5

0.5-11.5

Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP)

54.5 (9.54)

25.7

1.5-466.6

94.7 (18.8)

53.3

5-375

86.7 (28.0)

47.5

3.5-809

Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP)

461.7 (114.7)

114.9

5.3-18990

399.2 (272.9)

98.8

9.7-7740

400.0 (188.1)

43.2

3.8-4290

Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP)

5.6 (0.7)

2.5

0.6-46.6

7.2 (1.5)

4.7

0.9-26.8

5.6 (1.2)

3.5

0.85-24.8

Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP)

34.7 (2.8)

25.1

0.4-393.6

4.4 (1.2)

2.2

0.2-28.1

2.0 (0.6)

0.4

0.2-16.7

Mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate (MCPP)

5.7 (0.6)

3.6

0.1-61.1

2.9 (0.6)

2

0.2-12.7

1.9 (0.5)

1

0.1-12.2

Mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP)

48.3 (4.73)

29.1

0.7-423.7

48.6 (11.2)

29.1

1.1-263

30.5 (4.7)

23

2.6-104

Mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP)

34.3 (3.3)

19.9

0.5-318.5

33.0 (7.4)

18.8

0.5-173

22.3 (4.3)

16

1-107

Mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP)

13.7 (2.0)

4.8

0.2-411.1

45.0 (8.7)

25.4

0.7-184

37.2 (11.4)

17.6

1.1-258

Mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP)

80.9 (8.7)

43.1

1.9-784.8

89.6 (18.8)

58

4.1-492

84.67 (14.8)

60.9

9.5-398

  1. a- Adjusted for survey weights; n = 97 except for MCOP and MCNP where n = 44
  2. S.E. - Standard Error of the Mean