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. 2014 Mar 19;28(5):353–363. doi: 10.1002/jcla.21693

Table 1.

Geometric Means of Urinary Creatinine (Milligram per Deciliter) and Specific Gravity (SG) Among All Participants and Tobacco Users* in NHANES 2007–2008

Nonsmoker geometric mean (95% CI) Smoker geometric mean (95% CI)
N Creatinine SG N Creatinine SG
All 4,993 95.11 (91.40–98.97) 1.017 (1.017–1.018) 1,391 104.34 (97.10–112.13) 1.017 (1.016–1.018)
Male 2,365 115.65 (111.84–119.58) 1.019 (1.019–1.019) 853 118.29 (107.55–130.10) 1.018 (1.017–1.019)
Female 2,628 80.36 (76.6484.26) 1.016 (1.015–1.016) 538 85.85 (80.00–94.50) 1.016 (1.014–1.017)
NHW 1,884 90.78 (85.86–95.98) 1.017 (1.016–1.017) 707 96.52 (89.23–104.41) 1.016 (1.016–1.017)
NHB 1,041 127.19 (121.37–133.29) 1.019 (1.019–1.020) 355 143.44 (134.04–153.51) 1.019 (1.018–1.020)
MA 1,192 98.70 (92.13–105.73) 1.019 (1.018–1.019) 148 110.51 (91.62–133.29) 1.018 (1.016–1.021)
OTH race 876 90.53 (84.49–96.99) 1.017 (1.017–1.018) 181 114.53 (90.87–144.36) 1.019 (1.017–1.021)
Ages 6–11 years 858 77.88 (73.01–82.88) 1.019 (1.019–1.020) 4 73.14 (N/A) 1.02 (N/A)
Ages 12–19 years 825 126 (118–135) 1.021 (1.019–1.021) 120 146.55 (122.75–174.97) 1.021 (1.019–1.023)
Ages 20–44 years 1,262 106 (102–111) 1.018 (1.017–1.018) 630 118.49 (109.49–128.24) 1.018 (1.017–1.019)
Ages 45–64 years 1,131 88 (82–94) 1.017 (1.016–1.017) 477 86.04 (76.87–96.31) 1.015 (1.014–1.016)
Ages ≥65 years 917 76 (73–80) 1.015 (1.014–1.015) 160 77.374 (63.93–93.64) 1.015 (1.014–1.017)

*Tobacco users/smokers defined as having serum cotinine concentrations >10 ng/ml.

N = nonmissing and unweighed sample size (excluding unknown smoking status due to missing cotinine measurements).

Upper and lower 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are shown in parenthesis.