Human Elimination of Phthalate Compounds: Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study

Table 3

Percentage of individuals with detection of parent phthalates in body compartments.

Parent compound	Serum (𝑛=19)	Sweat (𝑛=18)
DMP (dimethyl phthalate)	0	0
DEP (diethyl phthalate)	0	0
DBP (dibutyl phthalate)	84	22*
BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate)	0	0
DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate)	0	0
DEHP (di 2-ethylhexyl phthalate)	10	61**
DiNP (di-isononyl phthalate)	0	0
DOP (di-octyl Phthalate)	0	0

*In 3/4 of these participants where DBP was detected in sweat, this parent phthalate was not detectable in their serum samples.
**In all 11 individuals who are positive for DEHP in sweat, none of these had DEHP detected in their serum samples.