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. 2009 Jan;11(1):99–105. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntn004

Table 1.

Levels of total NNN, total NNAL, and total NNN as a percent of total NNAL in the urine of 20 subjects who stopped smoking and used the nicotine patch

Total NNN, pmol/ml urine
Total NNAL, pmol/ml urine
Total NNN as % of total NNAL
weeks on patch
weeks on patch
weeks on patch
Subject BL 4 8 16 24 28 BL 4 8 16 24 28 BL 4 8 16 24 28
1 0.146 0.010 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.008 1.06 0.40 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.04 14 3 3 17 12 23
2 0.072 0.007 0.006 0.014 0.010 NA 0.92 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.01 LOQ 8 12 12 58 170 NA
3 0.227 0.016 0.021 0.017 0.004 S 0.93 0.17 0.06 0.05 0.03 S 25 9 34 32 12 NA
4 0.068 0.009 0.006 0.005 NA 0.003 0.42 0.08 0.05 0.01 LOQ 0.01 16 11 13 56 NA 60
5 0.236 0.022 0.016 0.006 0.005 0.006 1.28 0.13 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.01 19 17 30 43 29 100
6 0.059 0.061 0.062 0.020 0.009 0.061 0.17 0.10 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 35 62 410 330 110 230
7 0.064 0.017 NA 0.024 0.013 0.003 0.24 LOQ 0.04 0.02 0.03 LOQ 27 NA NA 160 42 NA
8 0.163 0.033 0.012 0.007 0.002 0.003 0.75 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.03 21 65 26 27 4 11
9 0.154 0.015 0.017 0.016 LOQ 0.009 2.38 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.23 NA 6 13 22 46 NA NA
10 0.015 0.002 0.001 0.005 0.002 LOQ 0.45 0.27 0.16 0.16 0.05 0.07 3 1 1 3 4 0
11 0.049 0.003 LOQ 0.016 NA 0.009 1.70 NA 0.07 0.05 NA NA 3 NA NA 33 NA NA
12 0.347 0.073 0.419 0.034 NA NA 1.69 NA LOQ 0.01 NA NA 21 NA NA 310 NA NA
13 0.030 LOQ 0.029 0.007 0.016 NA 0.53 0.07 0.03 LOQ 0.08 NA 6 NA 85 NA 19 NA
14 0.084 LOQ 0.023 LOQ 0.021 NA 2.30 0.16 0.05 0.09 0.06 NA 4 NA 49 NA 34 NA
15 0.188 0.046 NA S 0.015 NA 2.95 0.35 0.13 S 0.17 NA 7 13 NA NA 9 NA
16 0.007 0.006 0.012 LOQ 0.007 NA 0.10 0.13 0.03 LOQ LOQ NA 7 5 48 NA NA NA
17 0.067 0.013 0.010 LOQ 0.004 NA 1.37 0.22 LOQ 0.07 0.09 NA 5 6 NA NA 5 NA
18 0.299 0.157 0.050 0.022 0.012 NA 0.99 0.11 0.04 0.02 0.02 NA 30 150 130 110 71 NA
19 0.039 0.005 0.020 0.001 0.007 NA 0.85 0.11 LOQ LOQ 0.04 NA 5 5 NA NA 16 NA
20 0.024 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.016 NA 0.18 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.05 NA 13 2 10 8 36 NA
Mean 0.117 0.028 0.042 0.013 0.009 0.013 1.07 0.15 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.03 14 25 63 88 38 70
SD 0.099 0.039 0.099 0.009 0.006 0.020 0.80 0.10 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.02 10 39 110 110 46 85
Median 0.070 0.014 0.016 0.011 0.008 0.007 0.93 0.12 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.03 10 11 28 45 19 42

Note. BL, baseline (before cessation of smoking); NA, not analyzed; LOQ, below the limit of quantitation (∼0.001 pmol/ml urine for NNN and ∼0.03 pmol/ml urine for NNAL); S, smoking at this time point according to anatabine analysis.