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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 May 31;27(9):1083–1090. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-1127

Table 2.

Coefficient of Variation Across All Laboratories by Analyte

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E
Mean N CV% Mean N CV% Mean N CV% Mean N CV% Mean N CV%

Free Nicotine 48.8 48 57.6 165.4 48 14.4 404.1 48 12.2 779.3 48 11.6 1039.6 48 13.6
Nicotine Glucuronide 10.2 42 38.1 32.7 42 17.6 86.0 42 15.7 158.9 42 20.3 439.5 42 9.4
Total Nicotine 61.2 48 48.7 206 48 15.0 504.7 48 11.6 950.1 48 9.1 1460.3 48 10.9
Free Cotinine 49.4 54 12.6 191.4 54 6.2 475.1 54 5.2 955.3 54 6.8 1782.0 48 6.3
Cotinine Glucuronide 45.2 42 28.7 177.6 42 18.1 443.3 42 14.3 878.7 42 17.9 2220.7 42 18.9
Total Cotinine 93.5 48 19.4 362.4 48 11.0 895.8 48 9.6 1763 48 13.5 3854.2 48 15.6
Free Hydroxycotinine 149.2 42 17.2 559.0 42 8.1 1433 42 7.4 2819 42 6.9 5478.8 42 9.2
Hydroxycotinine Glucuronide 50.4 42 52.0 184.5 42 26.0 463.7 42 28.4 939 42 29.2 1396.4 42 34.1
Total Hydroxycotinine 196.2 48 23.6 736.1 48 10.2 1871 48 10.1 3690 48 10.3 6711.2 48 11.9
Total Nicotine Equivalents 1.9 48 26.2 7.2 48 9.0 17.9 48 7.1 35.1 48 8.6 65.8 48 11.3

Laboratory #11 was omitted