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. 2019 Feb 13;22(2):264–272. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz021

Table 2.

Mean VOC Levels by Tobacco Product Category

Mean normalized values ng/mg creatinine
Parent compound Analyte Total (N = 371) Nonusers of tobacco (n = 87) CIG only (n = 237) ENDS only (n = 17) Dual users (n = 30) p Value
Volatile organic compounds
 Acrolein CEMA 154.3 ± 129.4 79 ± 62.5 180.1 ± 134.8 120.8 ± 90.3 188.1 ± 160 <.001
3HPMA 576.6 ± 643.1 223 ± 149.4 724.4 ± 735.1 338.6 ± 206.4 569.5 ± 450.8 <.001
 Acrylamide AAMA 157.3 ± 132.7 67.8 ± 60.5 191.9 ± 136.1 88.5 ± 43.6 181.8 ± 157.4 <.001
GAMA 38.7 ± 32.2 25.4 ± 21.2 43.6 ± 34.8 36.5 ± 24.7 39 ± 30.8 <.001
 Acrylonitrile CYMA 92.8 ± 116.9 3.0 ± 12.3 129.8 ± 126 29.3 ± 31.3 97 ± 78.6 <.001
 Acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide HEMA 3.5 ± 4.7 1.7 ± 1.3 4.2 ± 5.2 1.1 ± 0.9 4.5 ± 5.4 <.001
 Benzene MU 139.4 ± 110 138.8 ± 92.3 132.4 ± 102.7 211 ± 179.3 156.2 ± 147.6 .59
 1-Bromopropane BPMA 17.9 ± 23.4 13 ± 12.3 20.6 ± 27.2 6.0 ± 4.8 17.5 ± 16.5 .17
 1,3-Butadiene DHBMA 361.1 ± 182.2 283.2 ± 104.5 389.9 ± 194.4 262.7 ± 107.7 415.6 ± 209 <.001
MHBMA3 15.1 ± 15.4 3.6 ± 2.5 19.5 ± 15.4 6.8 ± 7.9 18.7 ± 20.7 <.001
 Crotonaldehyde HPMMA 371.2 ± 367.5 138.7 ± 49.5 462.4 ± 398.6 179.1 ± 112.4 433.5 ± 399.8 <.001
N,N-Dimethlyformamide AMCC 275.5 ± 218.9 127.1 ± 90.5 327.7 ± 226.3 169.7 ± 105.4 354 ± 251.6 <.001
 Ethylbenzene, Styrene PGA 286.5 ± 163.5 186.2 ± 66.9 330.2 ± 177.3 191.2 ± 52.3 286.3 ± 139.3 <.001
 Propylene oxide 2HPMA 63.7 ± 114.4 84.4 ± 214.7 60.1 ± 57.1 34.8 ± 27.6 48.6 ± 33.6 <.001
 Styrene PHEMA 1.8 ± 2.2 0.9 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 2.5 1.0 ± 0.7 1.5 ± 1.1 <.001
MA 238.2 ± 216.7 126.8 ± 52.2 284.9 ± 251.8 146.8 ± 70.5 244.6 ± 110.7 <.001
 Toluene BMA 11.5 ± 24.7 10.6 ± 14.0 12.8 ± 29.5 5.0 ± 2.5 8.3 ± 6.3 .86
 Xylene 2MHA 26 ± 31.5 8.6 ± 14.6 33.3 ± 35.2 17.1 ± 12.7 23.8 ± 21.7 <.001
3MHA + 4MHA 291.7 ± 281.3 115.9 ± 129.3 365.7 ± 305.8 165.3 ± 104.7 289.1 ± 213.5 <.001
Tobacco alkaloids
 Anabasine ANB 4.8 ± 5.3 2.7 ± 2.7 5.6 ± 5.6 3.1 ± 3.0 6.2 ± 7.7 <.001
 Antabine ANTB 4.1 ± 6.1 0.9 ± 1.0 5.3 ± 6.7 2.4 ± 3.6 4.7 ± 7.2 <.001
 Nicotine NIC 349.3 ± 687.7 10.2 ± 15 453.4 ± 771.7 434.5 ± 769.5 462.1 ± 639.2 <.001
COT 690.6 ± 844.3 2.6 ± 2.4 910.9 ± 868.3 855.8 ± 958.9 851.6 ± 770.9 <.001
3HC 2197.3 ± 2326.8 6.4 ± 13.7 2887.6 ± 2237 3204.1 ± 2865.3 2527.8 ± 2196.4 <.001

CIG = cigarette; ENDS = electronic nicotine delivery systems.

Bold values indicate statistically significant (p = 0.05).