J Korean Acad Fam Med.  2007 May;28(5):379-382.

Relationship between Passive Smoke and Urinary Cotinine Level

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Korea.
  • 2Department of Health Management, Inje Institute of Advanced Studies, Seoul, Korea. fmmother@freechal.com

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cotinine, a nicotine metabolite detected in urine, has been recommended as the best quantitative marker of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between indoor ETS and urinary cotinine level of the passive smokers.
METHODS
We selected 42 nonsmokers who lived in Seoul and were not exposed to passive smoking at least 5 days before test. Urinary cotinine levels were measured by Smokescreen Colorimeter (Surescreen Diagnostics LTD, U.K.). We measured urinary cotinine levels twice (before and after smoking exposure).
RESULTS
The mean urinary cotinine level was 0.33microgram/mL before smoking exposure, and 0.46microgram/mL after smoking exposure. There was statistically significant difference (P-value=0.003). There was no significant difference between exposure time and increase of urinary cotinine level(P=0.138, r=-0.233). There was also no significant difference between measuring time taking after exposure and increase of urinary cotinine level (P=0.671, r=0.067).
CONCLUSION
One experience of indoor exposure to ETS caused significant elevation of urinary cotinine level.

Keyword

passive smoking; cotinine; nicotine

MeSH Terms

Cotinine*
Nicotine
Seoul
Smoke*
Smoking
Tobacco
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Cotinine
Nicotine
Smoke
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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