Table 2 Description of urinary DEHP metabolites comparisons between cases and controls, and among 6 phenotypic clusters and controls

Urinary metabolites (µg/g creatinine)

Control

Case

Cluster A

Cluster B

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

MEHP

5.48 (6.77)

8.74 (13.22)***

10.69 (10.40)

7.95 (8.92)

MEHHP

11.86 (11.34)

20.63 (21.38)***

25.93 (16.60)**

16.71 (13.44)

MEHP + MEHHP

18.20 (15.46)

30.73 (34.17)***

39.16 (35.26)**

26.35 (24.63)

MEHHP/MEHP

2.14 (2.20)

2.49 (2.55)

2.54 (3.82)

2.46 (2.02)

Urinary metabolites (µg/g creatinine)

Cluster C

Cluster D

Cluster E

Cluster F

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

MEHP

11.42 (19.01)**

104.75 (482.75)*

10.71 (19.80)

5.84 (10.79)

MEHHP

20.70 (21.37)***

196.72 (893.00)***

20.34 (36.20)

19.65 (16.99)***

MEHP + MEHHP

30.74 (58.29)***

301.47 (1375.64)***

36.88 (40.15)

25.01 (26.89)**

MEHHP/MEHP

2.44 (2.01)

3.50 (2.78)

1.93 (7.89)

2.62 (2.26)

Urinary metabolites (µg/g creatinine)

P-value^a

P-value^b

MEHP

< 0.001

< 0.001

MEHHP

< 0.001

< 0.001

MEHP + MEHHP

< 0.001

< 0.001

MEHHP/MEHP

0.097

0.563