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. 2014 Mar 19;35(7):1516–1522. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgu071

Table II.

Metabolites associated with self-reported current smoking of cigarettes, pipes or cigarsa

Cases and controls Controls Cases
Metabolite r P-value Metabolite r P-value Metabolite r P-value
Cotinine 0.88 2.64e-158 Cotinine 0.84 1.1e-60 Cotinine 0.91 3.45e-94
O-Cresol sulfate 0.72 3.98e-78 O-Cresol sulfate 0.69 2.63e-35 O-Cresol sulfate 0.74 1.22e-42
Hydroxycotinine 0.67 2.56e-60 Hydroxycotinine 0.66 1.33e-28 Hydroxycotinine 0.68 5.41e-32
4-Vinylphenol sulfate 0.29 6.26e-10 1-Methylxanthine 0.34 9.23e-07 4-Vinylphenol sulfate 0.35 5.52e-09
N-(2-furoyl)glycine 0.25 2.19e-09 1-Methylurate 0.32 1.42e-06 N-(2-furoyl)glycine 0.23 8.67e-06
1-Methylurate 0.27 3.86e-09 Trigonelline (Nʹ- methyl nicotinate) 0.28 2.84e-05 Catechol sulfate 0.23 5.72e-05
1-Methylxanthine 0.29 8.87e-09 N-(2-furoyl)glycine 0.27 9.37e-05 Trigonelline (-methyl nicotinate 0.23 7.96e-05
Trigonelline (Nʹ-methyl nicotinate) 0.25 3.83e-08 Paraxanthine 0.23 9.81e-05 Threonate -0.29 0.000125
Threonate -0.25 5.05e-08 1,3-Dimethylurate 0.27 0.000147 21-Hydroxypregnenolone disulfate 0.30 0.000167
Catechol sulfate 0.25 2.03e-07 Threonate -0.20 0.000163 Pregnenolone sulfate 0.30 2e-04
Quinate 0.22 4.45e-06 Catechol sulfate 0.27 0.000624 1-Methylurate 0.24 0.000369
4-Ethylphenylsulfate 0.21 4.61e-06 1,3,7-Trimethylurate 0.23 0.000719 Quinate 0.19 0.000388
Scyllo-inositol -0.19 2.36e-05 Quinate 0.26 0.000813 1-Methylxanthine 0.25 0.000493
Paraxanthine 0.19 6.2e-05 4-Ethylphenylsulfate 0.22 0.00101 Andro steroid monosulfate 2 0.23 0.000967
3-Hydroxyhippurate 0.17 7.07e-05 Theophylline 0.20 0.00114 4-Ethylphenylsulfate 0.20 0.0012
21-Hydroxypregnenolone disulfate 0.22 0.00014 1-Palmitoylglycerol -0.23 0.00292 Carnitine 0.16 0.00184
Piperine -0.14 0.000174 Hippurate 0.21 0.00329 Scyllo-inositol -0.25 0.00197
1,3,7-Trimethylurate 0.17 0.000371 3-Hydroxyhippurate 0.21 0.00339 3-Carboxy-4-methyl-5- propyl-2-furanpropanoate -0.21 0.00256
Pregnenolone sulfate 0.22 0.000645 Caffeine 0.17 0.00376 2-Hydroxystearate 0.15 0.00272
1,3-Dimethylurate 0.18 0.000824 4-Vinylphenol sulfate 0.22 0.00585 Dehydroisoandrosterone sulfate 0.25 0.00276

Shaded cells reach the Bonferroni corrected P-value of 0.05/446.

aAdjusted for age, gender, race, study center and BMI.