Table 2 Urine concentrations (ng/ml) of phenolic compounds measured in participants sharing a home with another DMAK participant.

From: Influence of living in the same home on biomonitored levels of consumer product chemicals

Chemical

N

% > MRLa

MRLb

Meanc

SDc

Medianc

95th percentile

99th percentile

Ranged

methylparaben

185

100

0.77

59.8

140

13.8

247

661

1.09–1080

ethylparaben

185

83

1

8.65

19.3

1.52

37.8

88

0.222–169

propylparaben

185

92

0.2

13.4

41

1.39

57.3

214

0.089–338

benzophenone-3

185

100

0.28

104

460

20.7

240

1870

0.639–5410

triclosan

185

34

1.8

43.4

301

0.63

134

550

0.691–3680

2,4-dichlorophenol

185

59

0.1

0.684

1.26

0.325

3.24

6.1

0.11–9.3

2,5-dichlorophenol

185

59

0.2

3.41

10.5

0.96

13.4

52.2

0.22–96.2

bisphenol A

185

76

0.28

1.35

2.5

0.663

4.3

12.9

0.207–24.2

bisphenol F5

101

89

0.24

2.4

9.59

0.72

4.44

49.5

0.25–83.4

bisphenol S

185

88

0.28

0.909

1.69

0.53

2.37

5.98

0.107–17

  1. aPercent of samples above sample-specific method reporting limit (MRL).
  2. bMedian MRL.
  3. cKaplan–Maier non-parametric descriptive statistics method for left-censored data.
  4. dRange of detected concentrations.
  5. eBisphenol F values from SGS AXYS dropped due to quality assurance/quality control issues.
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