Fig 1.
Box plots of the DEHP concentrations for the five contaminated food categories.
The upper and lower bars are the 1.5 inter-quartile range and the minimum DEHP concentration, respectively. The "*" is the mean concentration. Each circle represents one record of DEHP concentration in the contaminated food products. The unit of the vertical axis is on the log-scale.
Fig 2.
Data management and distribution estimate for the DEHP-tainted food concentration measurements from KBOH and TFDA.
Fig 3.
Flowchart of the classification and estimation procedure.
The overall AvDI of DEHP was as ascertained from the exposure assessment questionnaire, self-reported exposure history, and metabolite concentrations in urine.
Table 1.
Number of examined food samples provided by the KBOH and the TFDA and the parameter estimates by food category.
Fig 4.
Mean estimated AvDIs of DEHP by each food category and by self-report, and background exposure.
The unit of the vertical axis is on the log-scale. aThe main exposure from this food category was calculated as AvDISF.
Table 2.
Classification of the estimated overall AvDIs (with and without adjusting the window period) of DEHP into low (< 20 μg / kg_bw / day), medium (20–50 μg / kg_bw / day), high (50–100 μg / kg_bw / day), and very high exposure (>100 μg / kg_bw / day) groups.
Table 3.
Baseline clinical characteristics of the participants of different exposure groups.