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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of meconium and serum tobacco smoke metabolite concentrations

From: A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: the correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weight

Metabolite

N

% Detected

Minimum

5th

25th

Median

75th

95th

Maximum

Meconium NIC

331

80.1

< LOD

< LOD

1.06

2.02

4.14

48.2

301

Meconium COT

339

69.6

< LOD

< LOD

< LOD

0.12

0.40

33.5

313

Meconium HCOT

335

56.4

< LOD

< LOD

< LOD

0.10

0.52

51.2

324

Serum COT

338

61.2

< LOD

< LOD

< LOD

0.02

0.21

62.8

356

  1. *-Meconium concentrations are ng/g and serum concentrations are ng/mL
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