Fig. 2: Clinical chemistry tests of plasma in combined female bisphenol A, BPA(0.5 + 50), and male BPA(0.5 + 50) exposure groups.

a Potassium. b TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1). c Tumor necrosis factor (TNF). d Aspartate transaminase (AST). e Alanine transaminase (ALT). Results are expressed as box plots. Blue triangles represent BPA0.5 exposure, red triangles represent BPA50 exposure, and black triangles represent controls. BPA-exposed males (n = 15), control males (n = 12), BPA-exposed females (n = 13), and control females (n = 11). #p < 0.05 vs control, Student’s t-test, text for exact p-values.