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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Nov 24;17(12):3526–3535. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0424

Table 4.

Geometric mean for nicotine equivalents* (95% confidence limits) by CYP2A6 activity level

Nicotine Metabolite Ratio Caffeine Metabolite Ratio

≤ Median > Median p-valuea ≤ Median > Median p-valuea


Age- and Urine Volume- Adjusted Means n Mean (95% CI) n Mean (95% CI) n Mean (95% CI) n Mean (95% CI)

Female
 All 142 28.2 (25.4–31.2) 153 34.7 (31.5–38.4) 0.005 138 29.3 (26.4–32.6) 157 33.4 (30.3–36.9) 0.08
 Native Hawaiian 45 28.6 (23.0–35.6) 54 37.7 (31.0–45.8) 0.06 42 32.0 (25.5–40.2) 57 34.3 (28.3–41.7) 0.65
 White 33 33.5 (27.3–41.0) 66 38.7 (33.5–44.8) 0.25 36 32.1 (26.3–39.3) 63 39.8 (34.3–46.3) 0.10
 Japanese American 64 23.7 (20.9–26.8) 33 28.4 (24.0–33.7) 0.09 60 23.5 (20.8–26.7) 37 28.2 (24.0–33.2) 0.08
Male
 All 151 36.8 (32.8–41.4) 139 39.2 (34.7–44.3) 0.48 154 32.7 (29.2–36.6) 136 45.0 (39.9–50.8) 0.0002
 Native Hawaiian 49 38.7 (30.9–48.5) 44 46.1 (36.3–58.4) 0.30 50 34.1 (27.5–42.2) 43 53.7 (42.6–67.7) 0.01
 White 39 40.0 (32.7–48.9) 60 47.0 (40.5–54.5) 0.20 38 41.2 (34.0–50.0) 61 46.5 (39.9–54.1) 0.34
 Japanese American 63 31.3 (26.3–37.4) 35 25.8 (19.9–33.5) 0.22 66 25.9 (21.8–30.8) 32 38.6 (30.1–49.6) 0.01

Multivariate-Adjusted Means§

Female
 All 28.4 (25.8–31.4) 34.4 (31.3–37.9) 0.01 29.9 (27.1–33.0) 32.8 (29.8–36.1) 0.20
 Native Hawaiian 28.4 (23.0–35.0) 37.9 (31.5–45.7) 0.04 32.7 (26.3–40.7) 33.9 (28.1–40.8) 0.81
 White 33.7 (27.8–41.0) 38.6 (33.5–44.4) 0.27 33.0 (27.1–40.0) 39.3 (34.0–45.4) 0.16
 Japanese American 23.9 (21.2–27.0) 27.9 (23.6–32.9) 0.15 23.9 (21.1–27.1) 27.5 (23.5–32.3) 0.17
Male
 All 36.9 (32.8–41.5) 39.2 (34.6–44.3) 0.51 32.9 (29.4–36.8) 44.7 (39.7–50.5) 0.0004
 Native Hawaiian 39.1 (31.2–49.1) 45.5 (35.8–57.9) 0.37 34.2 (27.5–42.7) 53.4 (42.1–67.8) 0.01
 White 40.5 (32.9–49.8) 46.7 (40.1–54.3) 0.29 40.8 (33.5–49.7) 46.8 (40.1–54.5) 0.29
 Japanese American 31.1 (26.1–37.0) 26.4 (20.3–34.2) 0.31 26.4 (22.2–31.4) 37.2 (28.8–47.9) 0.03
*

Nicotine equivalents is the sum of urinary total nicotine, total cotinine, and total trans-3′-hydroxycotinine in nmol/mL.

Medians were based on all participants, and median values are 0.73 and 1.27 for nicotine metabolite ratio and caffeine metabolite ratio, respectively.

Further adjusted for race.

§

Further adjusted for cigarettes per day and calorie-adjusted caffeine intake by multiple covariance analysis.

a

P-values were obtained in a model comparing nicotine equivalents as a continuous variable (with the independent variables described in the table) between low and high nicotine metabolite ratio or caffeine metabolite ratio, for each subgroup analysis.