Table 2.
VARIABLES | Controls N=100 | Cases N=100 | Difference (controls-cases) | P |
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Mean ± SDa | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SEb | ||
Years of Cigarette Smoking | 41.6 ± 7.2 | 45.4 ± 6.5 | −3.9 ± 1.0 | 0.0001 |
Cotinine (ng/ml) | 217 ± 111 | 227 ± 93 | −10 ± 15 | 0.4681 |
Total NNALc (fmol/ml) | 77.4 ± 39.3 | 92.4 ± 40.7 | −15.0 ± 5.7 | 0.0084 |
PheTd (fmol/ml) | 76.3 ± 66.8 | 92.5 ± 107.6 | −16.1 ± 12.7 | 0.2039 |
SD = standard deviation
SE = standard error
NNAL = 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanol; total includes its glucuronides.
PheT = r-1,t-2,3,c-4-tetrahydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene