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Chemical Group: Environmental Phenols

  • Measured in: Urine

Project: Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST) - 1.Pilot

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 95th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 109 1.40 1.08 1.80 0.660 1.31 2.82 13.3 89.9% 0.200 µg/L

Project: Biomonitoring Exposures Study (BEST) - 2.Expanded

Weighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight Notes
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 95th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 218 1.33 1.05 1.69 0.648 1.52 3.56 5.66 97.4% 0.100 µg/L
BPA Bisphenol A µg/g creatinine 218 1.46 1.20 1.77 0.786 1.53 2.39 5.58 97.4% 0.100 µg/L

Project: California Regional Exposure Study, Los Angeles County (CARE-LA)

CARE LA Study logo, showing California in blue with Los Angeles County in orange
  • Study Group Subset: Women

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 90th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 60 * * * <LOD <LOD 0.756 1.96 46.7% 0.100

Project: California Regional Exposure Study, Region 2 (CARE-2)

Logo for the CARE-2 study showing a blue map of California with the eastern part of California in orange
  • Study Group Subset: Adults

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 95th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 151 0.503 0.419 0.603 <LOD 0.466 1.12 3.19 69.5% 0.200

Project: California Regional Exposure Study, Region 3 (CARE-3)

Logo for the CARE-3 study showing a blue map of California with Orange and San Diego counties in orange
  • Study Group Subset: Adults

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight Notes
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 90th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 90 0.287 0.233 0.352 0.124 0.281 0.598 0.895 82.2% 0.100 µg/L

Project: Firefighter Occupational Exposures (FOX) Project

  • Study Group Subset: Firefighters

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Detection Frequency Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 95th
BPA Bisphenol A µg/L 101 1.58 1.25 1.99 0.718 1.53 3.16 11.9 94.1% 0.20

Project: Maternal and Infant Environmental Exposure Project (MIEEP)

  • Study Group Subset: Pregnant women

Unweighted Results

Chemical measured Indicates Exposure to Units Number of people tested Geometric mean 95% Confidence Interval Selected Percentiles Limit of Detection (LOD), wet-weight
Lower Upper 25th 50th 75th 90th
BPA Bisphenol A μg/L 89 1.25 0.984 1.58 0.490 1.27 3.13 4.85 0.20