Table 2 Biomarkers of exposure levels at baseline and Day 5.

From: Reduced levels of biomarkers of exposure in smokers switching to the Carbon-Heated Tobacco Product 1.0: a controlled, randomized, open-label 5-day exposure trial

Biomarker

CHTP (n = 41)

Estimate (95% CI)

Cigarettes (n = 39)

Estimate (95% CI)

COHb (%)

Baseline

5.8 (5.3; 6.3)

5.6 (5.1; 6.2)

Day 5

2.7 (2.2; 3.2)

6.4 (5.7; 7.1)

% change

 − 50.4 (− 58.8; − 41.9)

7.6 (− 0.1; 15.2)

MHBMA (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

1635.31 (1245.24; 2147.55)

1466.37 (1048.61; 2050.56)

Day 5

339.73 (301.82; 382.42)

1840.61 (1275.38; 2656.32)

% change

 − 72.6 (− 80.0; − 65.3)

32.2 (18.5; 45.9)

3-HPMA (ng/mg creatinine)

Baseline

1086.68 (928.83; 1271.35)

947.83 (817.32; 1099.18)

Day 5

494.70 (417.53; 586.12)

1187.97 (1026.63; 1374.65)

% change

 − 53.0 (− 56.9; − 49.2)

28.1 (19.6; 36.6)

S-PMA (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

2432.70 (1919.90; 3082.47)

2301.95 (1732.67; 3058.27)

Day 5

361.48 (289.26; 451.74)

2898.46 (2172.62; 3866.79)

% change

 − 84.2 (− 85.9; − 82.6)

28.9 (19.9; 37.8)

Total 1-OHP (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

242.85 (210.44; 280.25)

194.25 (166.36; 226.82)

Day 5

106.33 (93.18; 121.33)

199.12 (171.73; 230.88)

% change

 − 55.3 (− 58.3; − 52.2)

4.7 (− 2.5; 12.0)

4-ABP (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

16.76 (14.50; 19.37)

14.56 (12.61; 16.82)

Day 5

3.71 (3.28; 4.18)

15.91 (13.79; 18.34)

% change

 − 76.5 (− 79.2; − 73.8)

11.0 (4.5; 17. 6)

1-NA (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

93.14 (81.79; 106.06)

90.67 (78.32; 104.96)

Day 5

3.44 (2.82; 4.20)

115.76 (100.49; 133.35)

% change

 − 95.8 (− 96.5; − 95.0)

30.3 (21.9; 38.6)

2-NA (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

27.45 (24.11; 31.26)

25.07 (21.53; 29.20)

Day 5

3.15 (2.70; 3.69)

29.37 (25.36; 34.02)

% change

 − 87.7 (− 89.1; − 86.4)

18.8 (12.3; 25.4)

o-tol (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

152.30 (137.11; 169.16)

149.95 (126.73; 177.42)

Day 5

49.26 (43.59; 55.67)

175.40 (156.97; 195.99)

% change

 − 65.5 (− 69.8; − 61.2)

24.4 (9.3; 39.4)

CEMA (ng/mg creatinine)

Baseline

130.08 (107.27; 157.74)

126.88 (107.86; 149.25)

Day 5

20.78 (16.66; 25.92)

143.18 (122.59; 167.22)

% change

 − 83.3 (− 84.9; − 81.7)

15.3 (7.7; 22.8)

HEMA (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

3123.34 (2305.75; 4230.81)

2876.32 (2307.89; 3584.76)

Day 5

1146.84 (913.06; 1440.48)

3094.70 (2477.69; 3865.35)

% change

 − 58.3 (− 66.1; − 50.6)

11.8 (1.6; 22.1)

HMPMA (ng/mg creatinine)

Baseline

481.38 (428.98; 540.17)

451.09 (394.98; 515.17)

Day 5

125.75 (110.46; 143.16)

484.18 (420.56; 557.41)

% change

 − 72.9 (− 75.2; − 70.6)

10.1 (1.9; 18.4)

Total NNAL (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

162.41 (129.89; 203.06)

106.86 (83.69; 136.43)

Day 5

74.70 (59.90; 93.17)

117.82 (91.61; 151.53)

% change

 − 52.7 (− 56.3; − 49.1)

12.5 (5.1; 19.9)

3-OH-B[a]P (fg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

145.72 (119.17; 178.19)

107.10 (87.22; 131.50)

Day 5

33.23 (27.37; 40.35)

116.77 (95.09; 143.40)

% change

 − 72.4 (− 79.9; − 65.0)

12.5 (3.3; 21.7)

Total NNN (pg/mg creatinine)

Baseline

7.04 (5.19; 9.56)

4.99 (3.91; 6.36)

Day 5

2.13 (1.73; 2.63)

6.12 (4.87; 7.70)

% change

 − 59.2 (− 68.6; − 49.8)

28.6 (16.3; 40. 8)

  1. Biomarkers of exposure from 24-h urine creatinine-adjusted samples (COHb measured in blood). Baseline and Day 5 values presented as geometric mean (95% CI). % change refers to mean percent change from baseline to Day 5. Acronyms of biomarkers are provided in Supplementary Table 1.
  2. CHTP Carbon-Heated Tobacco Product 1.0., CI confidence interval.