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Table 2 Urinary phthalate metabolites by metabolic syndrome status

From: The association between phthalates and metabolic syndrome: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2010

 

Metabolic syndrome

No metabolic syndrome

p-value

(n = 965)

(n = 1754)

 

Geometric mean (95 % CI)

  

MEP

161.8 (140.7, 186.1)

142.9 (129.5, 157.7)

0.10

MBzP

10.4 (9.4, 11.7)

9.6 (8.7, 10.5)

0.26

MnBP

17.2 (15.7, 18.9)

16.2 (15.1, 17.5)

0.33

MCPP

2.8 (2.5, 3.1)

2.5 (2.3, 2.6)

0.05

MiBP

4.7 (4.2, 5.3)

4.4 (4.1, 4.7)

0.37

∑DEHP

0.13 (0.12, 0.15)

0.12 (0.10, 0.13)

0.06