Urinary cotinine for four flight attendants and five passengers not re-exposed to SHS between flights: on four Air Canada flights, two B727s and two B767s, analysed from data presented in fig 2, in Mattson et al,21 with serum cotinine estimated from Repace and Lowrey’s36 pharmacokinetic model: P = 0.154 U
| Measured 12 hour post-flight creatinine normalised cotinine (ng/ml-mgCr) | Estimated 12 hour post-flight serum cotinine (ng/ml) | |
|---|---|---|
| 74.94 | 11.540 | |
| 53.60 | 8.2500 | |
| 53.60 | 8.2500 | |
| 47.42 | 7.3000 | |
| 45.06 | 6.9400 | |
| 25.58 | 3.9400 | |
| 24.43 | 3.7600 | |
| 22.81 | 3.5100 | |
| 22.57 | 3.4800 | |
| 22.10 | 3.4000 | |
| 20.98 | 3.2300 | |
| 16.46 | 2.5400 | |
| 13.01 | 2.0000 | |
| 11.94 | 1.8400 | |
| 10.70 | 1.6500 | |
| 8.87 | 1.3700 | |
| 8.21 | 1.2600 | |
| 7.85 | 1.2100 | |
| 4.47 | 0.69000 | |
| 3.57 | 0.55000 | |
| Mean (SD) | 24.91 (19.71) | 3.84 (3.04) |
| Median | 18.72 | 2.88 |