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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Sep 12;23(1):94–100. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.87

Table 3.

Comparison of mean pre and post-shift concentrations of 8-OHdG and Isoprostane among the exposed and reference groups and comparison of the mean of intraindividual differences between the exposed and the reference groups.

Exposed group (N=61) Reference group (N=37) Comparison
between
groups

post-shift
mean
(95% CI)
pre-shift
mean
(95% CI)
Mean of
intraindividual
post-preshift
differences
(95% CI)
post-shift
mean
(95% CI)
pre-shift
mean
(95% CI)
Mean of
intraindividual
post-preshift
differences
(95% CI)
Difference
between the
group means
(95% CI)
Exposure
1-OHP ng/ml
Smokers 0.95 (0.37 to 1.52) 0.69(0.44 to 0.94) 0.26(−0.21 to 0.73) 0.29(0.11 to 0.46) 0.77(0.30 to 1.23) −0.48(−0.83 to −0.14) 0.74(−0.04 to 1.52)
Non-smokers 0.69(0.25 to 1.12) 0.46(0.25 to 0.66) 0.23(−0.11 to 0.57) 0.20(0.10 to 0.31) 0.36(0.18 to 0.53) −0.16(−0.37 to 0.05) 0.39(−0.01 to 0.78)
Total 0.84 (0.46 to 1.23) 0.60 (0.43 to 0.77) 0.25 (−0.17 to 0.66) 0.23 (0.15 to 0.32) 0.51 (0.31 to 0.72) −0.28 (−0.50 to −0.06) 0.53 (0.11 to 0.94)
Log(1-OHP) ng/ml
Smokers −0.36(−0.53 to −0.19) −0.32(−0.44 to −0.20) −0.04(−0.18 to 0.10) −0.69(−0.90 to −0.49) −0.29(−0.53 to −0.06) −0.40(−0.62 to −0.18) 0.36(0.10 to 0.63)
Non-smokers −0.48(−0.71 to −0.25) −0.53(−0.71 to −0.35) 0.05(−0.20 to 0.30) −0.92(−1.12 to −0.72) −0.67(−0.86 to −0.47) −0.26(−0.51 to −0.002) 0.31(−0.04 to 0.66)
Total −0.41 (−0.54 to−0.27) −0.41 (−0.51 to −0.30) −0.004 (−0.17 to 0.16) −0.84 (−0.98 to−0.69) −0.52 (−0.68 to −0.37) −0.31 (−0.52 to −0.10) 0.31 (0.10 to 0.52
Cotinine ng/ml
Smokers 6744.9(4916.8 to 8573.0) 8897.6(6891.9 to 10903.27) −2152.7(−4372.2 to 67.8) 3078.6(1107.0 to 5050.1) 6547.9(535.3 to 12560.5) −3469.3(−9154.8 to 2216.2) 1316.6(−3486.7 to6119.9)
Non-smokers 265.5(−233.7 to 764.7) 109.0(−72.3 to 290.4) 156.4(−162.6 to 475.4) 8.1(5.9 to 10.4) 9.2(6.3 to 12.1) −1.1(−4.0 to 1.8) 157.5(−175.4 to 490.5)
Total 4109.2(2743.5 to 5474.8) 5322.6(3694.8 to 6950.4) −1213.4 (−3315.8 to 889.0) 1182.1 (315.8 to 2048.4) 2509.3 (132.5 to 4886.1) −1327.2 (−3809.7 to 1155.4) 113.8 (−2202.3 to 2429.9)
Log(cotinine) ng/ml
Smokers 3.64(3.42 to 3.81) 3.80(3.65 to 3.95) −0.16(−0.27 to −0.06) 3.15(2.72 to 3.58) 3.46(3.10 to 3.81) −0.31(−0.70 to 0.09) 0.14(−0.13 to 0.42)
Non-smokers 1.09(0.74 to 1.42) 1.17(0.91 to 1.44) −0.09(−0.35 to 0.16) 0.77(0.56 to 0.98) 0.71(0.40 to 1.01) 0.06(−0.30 to 0.42) −0.16(−0.58 to 0.26)
Total 2.60 (2.23 to 2.97) 2.73 (2.37 to 3.10) −0.13 (−0.65 to 0.38) 1.68 (1.23 to 2.13) 1.76 (1.24 to 2.38) −0.08 (−0.76 to 0.60) −0.057(−0.304 to −0.191)

Outcome
8OHdG ng/ml
Smokers 10.03(7.84 to 12.21) 17.97(15.52 to 20.42) −7.94(−10.87 to −5.02) 11.00(7.72 to 14.29) 19.44(16.17 to 22.70) −8.44(−13.07 to −3.80) 0.49(−4.91 to 5.90)
Non-smokers 10.18(7.29 to 13.07) 13.78(11.02 to 16.54) −3.60(−7.20 to −0.002) 11.54(8.21 to 14.87) 19.23(16.86 to 21.60) −7.69(−9.82 to −5.56) 4.09(−0.03 to 8.20)
Total 10.09 (8.39 to 11.78) 16.32 (14.46 to 18.19) −6.23 (−8.73 to −3.74) 11.34 (9.02 to 13.65) 19.15 (17.33 to 20.98) −7.82 (−10.72 to −4.92) 1.74 (−1.56 to 5.03)
log(8-OHdG) ng/ml
Smokers 0.88(0.65 to 1.00) 1.22(1.15 to 1.28) −0.33(−0.46 to −0.21) 0.97(0.80 to 1.13) 1.27(1.19 to 1.35) −0.30(−0.48 to −0.12) −0.03(−0.13 to 0.06)
Non-smokers 0.90(0.75 to 1.04) 1.10(1.01 to 1.18) −0.20(−0.36 to −0.04) 0.97(0.85 to 1.10) 1.27(1.22 to 1.32) −0.30(−0.40 to −0.19) 0.10(−0.09 to 0.28)
Total 0.89 (0.80 to 0.98) 1.17 (1.12 to 1.22) −0.28 (−0.39 to−0.18) 0.97 (0.88 to 1.07) 1.27 (1.22 to 1.31) −0.29 (−0.40 to −0.19) 0.01 (−0.12 to 0.16)
Isoprostane ng/ml
Smokers 1.78(1.33 to 2.22) 2.72(2.02 to 3.41) −0.94(−1.61 to −0.27) 1.97(1.12 to 2.83) 2.55(2.07 to 3.04) −0.58(−1.57 to 0.41) −0.36(−1.59 to 0.86)
Non-smokers 1.53(1.10 to 1.97) 2.21(1.78 to 2.64) −0.68(−1.18 to −0.17) 1.52(1.24 to 1.79) 2.23(1.71 to 2.76) −0.72(−1.28 to 0.15) 0.04(−0.69 to 0.77)
Total 1.68(1.37 to 1.99) 2.51(2.07 to 2.95) −0.83(−1.27 to −0.40) 1.69(1.34 to 2.04) 2.35(1.99 to 2.71) −0.66(−1.15 to −0.18) −0.17(−0.84 to 0.50)
log(Isoprostane) ng/ml
Smokers 0.14(0.04 to 0.25) 0.36(0.27 to 0.44) −0.22(−0.34 to −0.09) 0.21(0.05 to 0.38) 0.39(0.30 to 0.47) −0.17(−0.37 to 0.02) −0.04(−0.27 to 0.19)
Non-smokers 0.08(−0.05 to 0.22) 0.30(0.21 to 0.39) −0.22(−0.35 to −0.08) 0.15(0.06 to 0.23) 0.29(0.19 to 0.40) −0.15(−0.27 to −0.03) −0.07(−0.25 to 0.11)
Total 0.12 (0.04 to 0.20) 0.33 (0.27 to 0.39) −0.21 (−0.30 to −0.12) 0.17 (0.10 to 0.25) 0.33 (0.26 to 0.40) −0.16 (−0.26 to −0.06) −0.06 (−0.20 to −0.08)