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FIGURE 1 Specific-gravity–adjusted urinary MEP concentration according to combinations

of product types used. Data points represent medians; error bars represent 25th and 75th

percentiles.

Median MBP was lower among men who had used deodorant (16.3 ng/mL) com-

pared with those who did not use deodorant (22.5 ng/mL). The use of lotion was asso-

ciated with lower median levels of MBP (14.9 ng/mL), MBzP (6.1 ng/mL), and MEHP

(4.4 ng/mL) compared with men who did not use lotion (MBP, 16.8 ng/mL; MBzP, 8.6

ng/mL; MEHP, 7.2 ng/mL) (Table 5).

Men of Hispanic, Caucasian, and other races who used cologne ...