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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Apr 5;20(6):1213–1221. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1027

Table 2.

Geometric mean (95% C.I.) children’s urine total NNAL, total cotinine, total nicotine and total nicotine + total cotinine levels by demographic and smoking characteristics.

Total NNAL
(pmol/ml)
Total cotinine
(ng/ml)
Total nicotine
(ng/ml)
Total nicotine + total
cotinine (nmol/ml)
All children 0.08 (0.06 – 0.10) 11.88 (8.42–16.77) 6.90 (4.57–10.43) 0.13 (0.09–0.18)
Race
     African American 0.11 (0.08–0.17) 20.01 (13.82–28.95) 12.01 (7.59–18.99) 0.21 (0.15–0.31)
     White 0.03 (0.02–0.06) 4.06 (1.51–10.89) 1.70 (.47–6.16) 0.04 (0.02–0.11)
     Others 0.07 (0.03–0.12) 8.78 (4.37–17.64) 6.21 (3.18–12.16) 0.10 (0.04–0.19)
Income ns *
     <$1800/month 0.09 (0.07–0.13) 45.36 (10.49–22.48) 8.87 (5.69–13.84) 0.16 (0.11–0.24)
     >=$1800/month 0.04 (0.02–0.09) 5.28 (2.58–10.82) 3.12 (1.17–8.31) 0.06 (0.03–0.12)
Education ns ns ns ns
     <12 years 0.11 (0.07–0.18) 17.44 (10.45–30.27) 10.74 (5.52–20.91) 0.19 (0.11–0.32)
     ≥12 years 0.07 (0.05–0.10) 10.34 (6.74–15.87) 5.88 (3.52–9.87) 0.11 (0.07–0.17)
Employment Status * * * *
     Not employed 0.10 (0.07–0.14) 15.90 (11.10–22.77) 9.61 (6.41–13.39) 0.17 (0.12–0.24)
     Full or part time 0.05 (0.03–0.09) 6.56 (3.14–13.69) 3.52 (1.37–8.99) 0.07 (0.03–0.15)
Housing Type ns ns ns ns
     Multi-unit dwelling 0.09 (0.06–0.13) 11.64 (7.37–18.40) 7.51 (4.23–13.33) 0.13 (0.08–0.21)
     Single family house 0.07 (0.04–0.11) 12.24 (7.04–21.28) 6.09 (3.32–11.20) 0.12 (0.07–0.21)
Child Gender ns ns ns ns
     Female 0.07(0.04–0.11) 12.46 (7.99–19.43) 8.45 (5.34–13.37) 0.14 (0.09–0.21)
     Male 0.09 (0.06–0.13) 11.31 (6.53–19.60) 5.61 (2.76–11.38) 0.12 (0.07–0.20)
Time to first cigarette § §
     0–30 min 0.11 (0.09–0.15) 18.21 (13.36–24.82) 11.99 (8.03–17.92) 0.20 (0.15–0.27)
     31+ min 0.04 (0.02–0.07) 5.45 (2.61–11.43) 2.52 (1.12–5.69) 0.05 (0.03–0.11)
Child exposed in home § § § §
     Yes 0.11 (0.09–0.15) 19.53 (14.78–25.81) 10.99 (7.46–16.22 0.20(0.16–0.27)
     No 0.03 (0.01–0.06) 3.28(1.44–7.47) 2.06 (0.78–5.44) 0.04(0.02–0.09)
Child exposed outside home ns ns ns ns
     Yes 0.08 (0.05–0.13) 10.42 (5.83–18.63) 7.14 (3.84–13.28) 0.11(0.06––0.20)
     No 0.07(0.05–0.11) 13.43(8.81–20.48) 6.49 (3.61–11.68) 0.14 (0.09–0.21)
Home smoking restrictions § § § §
     Complete restrictions 0.02 (0.0085–0.040) 2.08 (.86–5.03) 1.70 (.57–5.11) 0.03 (0.01–0.07)
     Some/no restrictions 0.11 (0.087–0.15) 19.16 (14.54–25.24) 10.13 (6.81–15.07) 0.20 (0.15–0.26)
Car Smoking Restrictions ns ns ns ns
     Complete restrictions 0.07 (0.02–0.23) 13.26 (4.05–43.37) 8.05 (1.84–35.27) 0.15 (0.05–0.47)
  Some/ no restrictions 0.05 (0.03–0.08) 5.78 (2.73–12.21) 3.20 (1.45–7.02) 0.06 (0.03–0.12)
*

p<0.05

p<0.01

§

p<0.001

ns

not significant