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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Mol Mutagen. 2011 Jan;52(1):58–68. doi: 10.1002/em.20581

TABLE II.

Comparison of DNA damage in Group 2 human placenta determined by IHC, 32P-postlabeling and abasic site analysis

ID IHC Total
Nuclei
Counted
IHC/ACIS
Adducts/
108 Nucleotides
32P-Postlabeling
Adducts/
108 Nucleotides
Abasic sites/
105 Nucleotidesc
ETSb
Exposure
Smokers
  3019 110 -a 6.7 7.95 ± 0.42 +
  3026 165 -a 6.7 18.27 ± 0.08 +
  3027 143 -a 7.2 13.63 ± 0.32 +
  3034 101 -a 7.5 9.62 ± 0.22 +
  3040 116 -a 8.6 7.70 ± 0.12 +
  3043 108 -a 1.8 9.43 ± 0.03 +
  3049 107 -a 3.2 15.02 ± 0.43 +
  3059 104 -a 4.8 36.63 ± 0.45 +
  3061 103 0.23 4.4 13.78 ± 0.64 +
  3078 105 0.72 3.6 7.42 ± 0.36 +
  3082 126 -a 3.6 11.60 ± 0.33 +
  3084 113 -a 6.0 29.43 ± 1.18 +
  3086 105 -a 5.6 3.90 ± 0.35 +
  3089 219 1.10 5.6 2.32 ± 0.16 +
  3096 216 -a 4.0 12.13 ± 0.95 +
  3101 209 1.21 1.7 10.60 ± 1.15 +
  3102 223 3.14 2.6 5.15 ± 0.17 +
  3108 224 -a 6.2 10.13 ± 0.08 +
Non-Smokers
  3017 198 -a 5.7 44.35 ± 1.0 +
  3020 114 -a 6.0 6.63 ± 0.40 +
  3024 103 -a 6.4 13.67 ± 0.27 +
  3032 141 0.09 6.8 0.58 ± 0.12 +
  3038 111 -a 7.5 13.53 ± 0.70 +
  3041 108 -a 1.8 21.70 ± 1.06 +
  3044 118 -a 4.3 12.15 ± 1.13 +
  3066 114 -a 7.7 7.95 ± 0.23 +
  3103 203 0.15 3.4 9.07 ± 0.82 +
  3018 114 -a 6.2 9.55 ± 0.53
  3060 194 -a 5.6 47.15 ± 0.93
  3068 216 5.91 2.7 10.93 ± 0.75
  3076 112 -a 3.3 7.22 ± 0.42
  3077 100 -a 3.5 6.65 ± 0.48
  3083 112 -a 2.3 7.95 ± 0.70
  3085 208 -a 3.7 7.28 ± 0.38
  3091 210 2.46 4.5 8.80 ± 0.14
  3094 205 0.01 5.1 6.62 ± 0.39
  3100 216 -a 4.4 9.90 ± 0.11
a

Below limit of detection (0.01 adducts/108 nucleotides)

b

ETS = Environmental Tobacco Smoke exposure, self-reported. “+” = yes, “−” = no

c

Mean ± SD (n = 3 assays)