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. 2010 Dec 13;127(1):93–101. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2312

TABLE 2.

Baseline Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Indoor Airborne Particles According to Group Assignment

Characteristics Intervention Group (N = 110) Control Group (N = 115) P
Tobacco exposure
    No. of cigarettes smoked around house per d, mean ± SD 12.9 ± 1.8 13.3 ± 2.2 .716
    Serum cotinine level, mean ± SD, ng/mL 1.18 ± 3.9 1.23 ± 3.3 .622
    Hair cotinine level, mean ± SD, ng/mg 0.14 ± 3.8 0.14 ± 3.5 .970
No. of airborne particles, mean ± SD, 106/ft3
    Particles of >0.3 μm 4.0 ± 2.56 4.7 ± 2.58 .003
    Particles of >5 μm 0.003 ± 2.31 0.004 ± 2.14 .154