BioMed Research International

Research Article

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

Table 4

Spearman’s rank correlations between urinary phthalate metabolites, parabens, and BP3.

MEP

MnBP

MiBP

MBzP

MEHP

5-OH-MEHP

5-oxo-MEHP

BP3

MEP

—

MnBP

0.51***

—

MiBP

0.32***

0.64***

—

MBzP

0.44***

0.68***

0.60***

—

MEHP

0.18***

0.35***

0.34***

0.42***

—

5-OH-MEHP

0.27***

0.54***

0.56***

0.62***

0.69***

—

5-oxo-MEHP

0.24***

0.54***

0.59***

0.60***

0.70***

0.96***

—

0.25***

0.20**

0.19**

0.14*

0.07^ns

0.12^ns

0.12*

—

0.35***

0.30***

0.19**

0.15*

0.04^ns

0.14*

0.08^ns

0.55***

—

0.25***

0.23***

0.17**

0.11^ns

0.09^ns

0.08^ns

0.07^ns

0.79***

0.48***

—

0.17**

0.35***

0.32***

0.24***

0.16**

0.24***

0.25***

0.51***

0.46***

0.53***

—

BP3

0.25***

0.35***

0.37***

0.25***

0.15*

0.33***

0.27***

0.28***

0.33***

0.37***

—

; **; ***; ns: not significant.