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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2014 May;56(5):465–471. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000142

TABLE 2.

Comparison of Pre- and Postcreatinine-Adjusted Urinary Metabolites (ng/g)

Smokers Low (n =13)
High (n=20)
n Pre
n Post
P n Pre
n Post
P
%<LOD GM (GSD) %<LOD GM (GSD) % <LOD GM (GSD) %<LOD GM (GSD)
1-Naphthol 52 0 3344 (3.1) 51 0 4234 (3.1) 0.05 79 0 3452 (2.6) 74 0 6006 (2.3) <0.0001
2-Naphthol 52 0 6284 (2.4) 51 0 5704 (2.3) 0.24 79 0 4633 (2.0) 74 0 6376 (2.0) 0.0002
2-Hydroxyfluorene 52 0 627 (2.2) 51 0 696 (2.0) 0.18 79 0 437 (2.0) 74 0 682 (2.2) <0.0001
3-Hydroxyfluorene 52 0 312 (2.3) 51 0 337 (2.2) 0.36 79 0 215 (2.4) 74 0 273 (2.4) 0.005
9-Hydroxyfluorene 52 0 334 (2.4) 51 2 373 (2.4) 0.41 79 0 294 (2.2) 73 0 346 (2.0) 0.05
1-Hydroxyphenanthrene 52 0 132 (1.8) 51 0 149 (1.6) 0.10 79 0 118 (2.1) 73 0 124 (2.1) 0.77
2-Hydroxyphenanthrene 52 2 64 (2.3) 51 0 79 (1.8) 0.04 79 0 55 (1.8) 74 0 61 (1.7) 0.11
3-Hydroxyphenanthrene 52 0 120 (2.1) 51 0 147 (1.7) 0.04 78 0 99 (2.1) 71 0 109 (2.0) 0.19
4-Hydroxyphenanthrene 51 22 27 (2.6) 50 22 29 (2.1) 0.47 79 4 22 (2.0) 74 3 24 (1.9) 0.27
1-Hydroxypyrene 50 0 122 (1.8) 51 2 121 (1.8) 0.89 78 1 87 (2.0) 59 2 71 (2.0) 0.04

Nonsmokers Low (n =22) High (n = 18)

1-Naphthol 87 0 813 (2.1) 85 0 901 (2.1) 0.25 72 0 1330 (2.6) 69 0 2496 (2.8) 0.0002
2-Naphthol 87 0 2146 (2.1) 85 0 2034 (1.9) 0.44 72 0 2839 (2.3) 69 0 3564 (2.7) 0.007
2-Hydroxyfluorene 87 0 163 (1.9) 85 0 180 (1.8) 0.02 72 0 247 (1.8) 69 0 408 (2.2) <0.0001
3-Hydroxyfluorene 87 1 59 (1.8) 85 7 62 (1.9) 0.58 72 0 102 (2.1) 69 0 134 (2.2) 0.005
9-Hydroxyfluorene 86 0 208 (1.9) 85 0 228 (1.7) 0.22 72 0 198 (2.0) 69 0 305 (2.3) 0.0004
1-Hydroxyphenanthrene 87 1 107 (1.8) 85 0 105 (1.8) 0.64 72 0 99 (2.0) 69 1 110 (2.2) 0.21
2-Hydroxyphenanthrene 87 7 42 (1.9) 85 6 45 (1.9) 0.23 71 0 43 (2.0) 69 3 51 (2.1) 0.14
3-Hydroxyphenanthrene 87 0 57 (1.6) 85 1 63 (1.6) 0.12 72 0 65 (2.0) 69 1 80 (1.9) 0.03
4-Hydroxyphenanthrene 86 23 20 (2.0) 84 29 21 (2.0) 0.61 72 19 17 (2.4) 69 12 19 (2.5) 0.28
1-Hydroxypyrene 80 9 54 (2.0) 85 19 54 (2.1) 0.66 71 6 67 (2.1) 62 6 61 (2.0) 0.37

GM, geometric means; GSD; geometric standard deviations; LOD, limit of detection.