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. 2017 Jul 13;12(7):e0181228. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181228

Table 2. Resting values.

SCG (n = 24) CO (n = 11)
Pre SC Post SC Pre Post Group effect Time effect Interaction effect
Days between tests 48 ± 12 44 ± 9
Cotinine (ng mL–1) 302 ± 119 n.d. 360 ± 102 381 ± 96 0.000* 0.000* 0.000*
Body mass (kg) 76.7 ± 10.5 78.0 ± 10.8 75.0 ± 12.6 75.6 ± 12.8 ns 0.003* ns
BMI (kg/m2) 24.3 ± 2.5 24.8 ± 2.4 23.2 ± 3.0 23.4 ± 3.1 ns 0.003* ns
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 126 ± 8 124 ± 8 124 ± 10 126 ± 11 ns ns ns
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 70 ± 11 67 ± 10 74 ± 10 68 ± 8 ns 0.005* ns
Mean blood pressure 89 ± 9 86 ± 8 90 ± 10 87 ± 8 ns 0.008* ns
Heart rate (beats min–1) 61 ± 9 56 ± 8 59 ± 4 64 ± 11 ns ns 0.001*
Blood lactate (mM L–1) 1.09 ± 0.33 1.00 ± 0.30 1.07 ± 0.26 1.06 ± 0.30 ns ns ns
Blood glucose (mM L–1) 4.93 ± 0.49 5.03 ± 0.49 5.11 ± 0.74 5.15 ± 0.71 ns ns ns
Total cholesterol (mM L–1) 4.12 ± 0.54 4.46 ± 0.70 4.64 ± 0.84 4.56 ± 0.64 ns ns 0.073
LDL (mM L–1) 2.37 ± 0.43 2.68 ± 0.52 2.68 ± 0.80 2.57 ± 0.68 ns ns ns
HDL (mM L–1) 1.34 ± 0.29 1.35 ± 0.29 1.47 ± 0.43 1.49 ± 0.41 ns ns 0.029*
FFA (mM L–1) 0.31 ± 0.25 0.25 ± 0.14 0.20 ± 0.11 0.24 ± 0.26 ns ns Ns
C-reactive protein (mg L–1) 1.5 ± 0.6 1.4 ± 0.5 1.0 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.7 ns ns ns
Insulin (mU L–1) SCG n = 11, CO n = 10 46.6 ± 41.2 40.5 ± 35.0 56.9 ± 37.8 98.0 ± 67.1 0.093 0.023* 0.003*

Data are presented as arithmetic mean ± SD.

SCG, snuff cessation group; CO, control group; n.d. = not detectable.

* Significant difference (p<0.05) from RM ANOVA.

ns = no significant difference