Table 2. Concentration of the analytes found in hair samples from 48 non-smokers segregated by their self-declaration of living with at least one smoker or in a smoke-free home.
Group | Nicotine | Cotinine | NNN | NNK | NNAL |
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Exposed at home (N = 24) | |||||
Median (IQR) [pg/mg] | 2,040 (1,200; 4,650) | 49 (26; 106) | 0.54 (0.29; 0.60) | 1.3 (0.92; 2.7) | – |
Mean (SE) [pg/mg] | 3,320 (664) | 74 (14) | 0.54 (0.067) | 2.1 (0.40) | – |
N (quantifiable) | 24 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
Non-exposed at home (N = 24) | |||||
Median (IQR) [pg/mg] | 623 (221; 1,160) | 26 (16; 43) | 0.41 (−) | 0.74 (0.31; 1.1) | – |
Mean (SE) [pg/mg] | 1,330 (527) | 95 (55) | 0.41 (0.027) | 1. 1 (0.34) | – |
N (quantifiable) | 24 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
p (2-tailed) (Mann-Whitney) | 0.001 | 0.030 | – | 0.018 | – |
Median (interquartile range (IQR)) and mean (standard error, SE) are given for each group.