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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Mar 6;27(5):601–609. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0869

Table 3.

Non-Tobacco Users vs. Cigarette Smokers Regression Results

Outcome Units Geometric Mean (95% CI)
Ratio of GMs (95% CI) p-value
Non-Tobacco Users Cigarette Smokers

Volatile Organic Compounds
Xylene (2-MHA) μg/g creatinine 38.3 (32.9, 44.5) 75.8 (64.5, 89.1) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) <0.001
Xylene(3-MHA & 4-MHA) μg/g creatinine 250.9 (221.6, 284.1) 517.0 (437.1, 611.4) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) <0.001
Acrylamide μg/g creatinine 47.3 (42.6, 52.5) 86.3 (75.5, 98.6) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) <0.001
Toluene μg/g creatinine 7.5 (6.5, 8.7) 6.8 (5.5, 8.3) 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 0.52
Acrylonitrile μg/g creatinine 2.4 (2.1, 2.8) 87.7 (74.2, 103.8) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) <0.001
1,3-Butadiene μg/g creatinine 281.6 (258.5, 306.7) 340.7 (311.7, 372.5) 0.8 (0.7, 1.0) 0.01
Vinyl Chloride μg/g creatinine 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 2.3 (1.9, 2.8) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) <0.001
Propylene Oxide μg/g creatinine 35.1 (30.5, 40.4) 46.5 (39.5, 54.6) 0.8 (0.6, 0.9) 0.02
Acrolein μg/g creatinine 291.4 (259.1, 327.8) 611.4 (543.7, 687.5) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) <0.001
Crotonaldehyde μg/g creatinine 526.0 (471.1, 587.3) 1281.7 (1086.6, 1512.0) 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) <0.001
Styrene (Mandelic Acid) μg/g creatinine 147.4 (136.1, 159.7) 207.7 (183.3, 235.3) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) <0.001
Styrene (Phenylglyoxylic Acid) μg/g creatinine 192.0 (174.1, 211.7) 285.6 (252.6, 323.0) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) <0.001

Nitrosamines
Total (t)NNAL ng/g creatinine 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) 161.1 (129.2, 200.9) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) <0.001

Cyanide μg/g creatinine 948.9 (863.2, 1043.0) 2900.8 (2473.6, 3401.7) 0.3 (0.3, 0.4) <0.001

Metals
Cobalt ng/g creatinine 355.2 (319.4, 395.1) 299.9 (259.3, 346.8) 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 0.08
Lead ng/g creatinine 429.5 (380.8, 484.3) 544.9 (439.3, 675.7) 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.03
Uranium ng/g creatinine 6.1 (5.2, 7.1) 7.7 (6.7, 8.8) 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.03

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
1-hydroxynaphthalene μg/g creatinine 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) 8.6 (6.6, 11.3) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) <0.001
2-hydroxynaphthalene μg/g creatinine 5.2 (4.7, 5.8) 11.6 (10.2, 13.4) 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) <0.001
3-hydroxyfluorene ng/g creatinine 93.3 (84.5, 103.1) 428.6 (372.3, 493.4) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) <0.001
2-hydroxyfluorene ng/g creatinine 261.9 (238.0, 288.2) 916.4 (829.5, 1012.3) 0.3 (0.2, 0.3) <0.001
3-hydroxyphenanthrene ng/g creatinine 73.1 (63.5, 84.2) 116.5 (94.8, 143.2) 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) 0.005
1-hydroxyphenanthrene ng/g creatinine 139.0 (126.8, 152.4) 171.8 (153.5, 192.4) 0.8 (0.7, 1.0) 0.01
2-hydroxyphenanthrene ng/g creatinine 73.8 (62.9, 86.5) 107.6 (86.2, 134.2) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.04
1-hydroxypyrene ng/g creatinine 124.5 (110.7, 139.9) 198.9 (170.7, 231.8) 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) <0.001
9-hydroxyfluorene ng/g creatinine 283.0 (238.3, 336.1) 569.5 (446.7, 726.2) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.001
4-phenanthrene ng/g creatinine 25.4 (21.5, 29.9) 34.3 (27.0, 43.6) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 0.10

Geometric Means (GMs) are adjusted for Gender, Age, Income Poverty Ratio, Race, Education, Serum Cotinine (ng/mL), Height (cm), and Weight (kg)

CI = Confidence Interval