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. 2012 Oct 4;34(1):93–101. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgs306

Table III.

Urinary procarcinogen biomarker levels in smokers, commercial smokeless tobacco users and iqmik users

Plasma NMR strata CYP2A6 genotypes
Slower Faster P Reduced Normal P
Smokers (n = 141) n = 71 n = 70 n = 62 n = 79
    NNAL (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 1.1 (0.8) 1.4 (1.2) 0.52 1.1 (0.8) 1.3 (1.2) 0.45
    NNN (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 0.182 (0.390) 0.110 (0.200) 0.57 0.230 (0.450) 0.083 (0.093) 0.05
Commercial smokeless tobacco users (n = 73) n = 37 n = 36 n = 34 n = 39
    NNAL (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 4.5 (3.6) 7.3 (6.0) 0.01 4.6 (4.0) 7.1 (5.6) 0.006
    NNN (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 0.126 (0.114) 0.107 (0.088) 0.68 0.119 (0.119) 0.113 (0.084) 0.67
Iqmik users (n = 20) n = 10 n = 10 n = 9 n = 11
    NNAL (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 0.8 (0.6) 0.7 (0.3) 0.65 0.9 (0.51) 0.7 (0.42) 0.34
    NNN (pmol/mg Cre), mean (SD) 0.756 (1.95) 0.154 (0.195) 0.71 0.205 (0.211) 0.660 (1.87) 0.52

Bold values indicate statistically significant differences between the groups by Wilcoxon’s test.