Measurement of Urinary Biomarkers of Parabens, Benzophenone-3, and Phthalates in a Belgian Population

Table 1

Demographic details on the studied population.

	Men	Women
N (%)	123 (47.1%)	138 (52.9%)
1 to 6 years	12	11
1 to 3 years	3	6
4 to 6 years	9	5
7 to 11 years	11	14
12 to 19 years	15	15
20 to 39 years	46	53
40 to 59 years	24	26
≥60 years	15	19
Average age (min–max) (years)	31.3 (2–75)	31.9 (1–85)
BMI (kg/m²)
BMI < 18.5	23.5%	23.9%
18.5 ≤ BMI < 25	60.9%	46.0%
25 ≤ BMI < 30	11.7%	23.9%
BMI ≥ 30	3.9%	6.2%
Placed residence
Densely populated	51.3%	51.1%
Intermediately populated	43.5%	40.6%
Sparsely populated	5.2%	8.3%
Smoker
Yes/no	6.1%/93.9%	5.4%/94.6%