Table 3.
Mean Total Nicotine Equivalents, NNAL and the percentages of NNAL glucuronides in 24 h urine from African American and White smokers, Study 2*
| Glucuronides as percent of total NNAL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNE (nmol/ml) | Total NNAL (pmol/ml) | both glucs | N-gluc | O-gluc | Cotinine glucuronidationb | |
| Whites (n=54) |
61.5 (35.3) | 1.17 (0.94) | 68.3(10.8) | 24.9(10.3) | 43.3(13.5) | 1.41(0.86) |
| African Americans (n=52) |
63.6 (39.9) | 1.14(0.60) | 64.0(11.3) | 14.0(10.8) | 50.0(13.7) | 0.783(1.40)* |
| p** | 0.773 | 0.873 | 0.05 | <0.00001 | 0.013 | <0.0001 |
Values are means (SD), cotinine glucuronidation is the ratio of cotinine glucuronide to cotinine
compared between groups using the two-sample t-test for unequal variances.