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. 2015 Nov 10;20(6-7):391–403. doi: 10.3109/1354750X.2015.1094134

Table 3. Urine biomarkers, smokers versus never smokers, intent-to-treat sample, week 0.

    Smokers (n = 125)
Never smokers (n = 29)
Constituent/marker Units per 24 h Mean SD Mean SD
Nicotine
 NIC-U mg 2.88 1.94 0.04 0.03
 COT-U 3.22 1.72 0.001 0.01
 OHCOT-U 9.63 4.79 0.007 0.02
 NIC-G b 1.32 0.98 0.06 0.04
 COT-G b 4.81 2.76 0.03 0.01
 OHCOT-G b 3.69 2.36 0.002 0.01
 CNO 0.86 0.39 0.0004 0.002
 NNO 0.97 0.62 0.003 0.008
 NCOT 0.11 0.05 0 0
 NNIC 0.14 0.07 0.02 0.01
 NICEq 24.7 10.3 0.17 0.06
NNK
 NNAL total ng 683 a 434 43.5 47.7
 NNAL-G b 488 a 335 35.5 46.7
 NNAL free 196 a 127 8.17 3.59
Aromatic amines
 3-ABP ng 12.5 7.53 0.59 0.90
 4-ABP 27.1 14.0 2.53 2.07
 2-AN 38.5 20.6 1.19 1.62
 o-T 276 115 101 119
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
 1-naphthol μg 56.2 139 18.8 29.3
 2-naphthol 29.7 15.4 5.87 3.74
 2-OHF 3.74 a 1.92 0.57 0.37
 1-/9-OHPh 1.01 0.51 0.25 0.14
 2-/3-OHPh 0.79 0.41 0.23 0.09
 1-OHP 0.48 0.28 0.21 0.15
Acrylamide
 AAMA μg 349 145 132 73.4
 GAMA 49.9 21.4 33.9 18.8
1,3-Butadiene
 DHBMA μg 770 275 549 171
 MHBMA 6.27 5.85 0.45 0.32
Crotonaldehyde
 HMPMA mg 8.65 3.89 1.47 0.69
Acrolein
 HPMA mg 2.10 1.11 0.50 0.24
Benzene
 SPMA μg 11.9 8.34 0.83 2.06
Urine mutagenicty
 UM (TA98) revertants 1.82 × 107 c 1.09 × 107 4.83 × 105 e 6.05 × 105
 UM (YG1024) revertants 8.09 × 107 d 4.70 × 107 4.17 × 106 f 4.21 × 106

p<0.05 for all; see Table 1 for abbreviations. Values are rounded.

a

n = 124.

b

mass is representative of aglycon moiety.

c

n = 120.

d

n = 121.

e

n = 27.

f

n = 28.