Environmental exposure to pyrethroids and sperm sex chromosome disomy: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Distribution of pyrethroid metabolite levels (μg/L) in urine (n = 75)

Metabolite	Mean ± SD	Geometric mean	25%	Median	75%	90%	Range
Unadjusted
3PBA	0.57 ± 1.27	0.18	0.05	0.15	0.51	1.04	0.01-7.90
CDCCA	0.32 ± 0.72	0.12	0.06	0.12	0.25	0.56	0.001-4.30
TDCCA	0.64 ± 1.61	0.18	0.09	0.18	0.46	1.13	0.001-10.84
Specific gravity adjusted
3PBA	0.65 ± 1.34	0.24	0.09	0.22	0.63	1.29	0.01-8.28
CDCCA	0.72 ± 1.73	0.15	0.07	0.15	0.33	0.57	0.001-5.25
TDCCA	0.38 ± 0.83	0.23	0.12	0.21	0.53	1.13	0.001-11.36
Creatinine adjusted	(μg/g creatinine)
3PBA	0.50 ± 1.24	0.15	0.06	0.11	0.36	0.94	0.009-7.77
CDCCA	0.30 ± 0.90	0.10	0.04	0.09	0.20	0.37	0.001-6.84
TDCCA	0.56 ± 1.63	0.14	0.07	0.13	0.34	0.90	0.001-10.33

SD = Standard deviation.
3PBA = 3-phenoxybenzoic acid; LOD = 0.10 μg/L.
CDCCA = cis-dichlorovinyl-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid; LOD = 0.23 μg/L.
TDCCA = trans-dichlorovinyl-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid; LOD = 0.35 μg/L.

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