Table 1 Distribution of urinary phthalates metabolites (ng/ml).

From: Third trimester phthalate exposure is associated with DNA methylation of growth-related genes in human placenta

Phthalate

Total (N = 181)a

FGR(N = 80)a

Control (N = 101)a

p-valueb

MBP

25.7(11.4, 45.8)

29.5(14.7, 47.2)

21.3(9.7, 44.7)

0.116

MMP

8.1(4.5, 15.3)

8.3(5.4, 19.6)

7.9(3.8, 13.9)

0.068

MEHP

3.8(0.9, 12.9)

5.6(1.5, 12.7)

3.0(0.7, 14.0)

0.224

MEHHP

10.8(4.0, 19.2)

14.9(5.9, 26.9)

9.4(3.1, 16.8)

0.003**

MEOHP

4.2(1.6, 9.6)

5.7(1.9, 11.6)

3.7(1.0, 6.8)

0.008**

SumDEHP c

25.5(12.9, 44.3)

29.0(14.7, 49.5)

20.4(9.0, 39.3)

0.025*

  1. aValues are median (range). bp-value calculated using the Mann-Whitney-U test. cSum of MEHP, MEHHP and MEOHP. **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.
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