Nicotine and cotinine in mothers' and infants' hair


Table 7: Neonatal hair concentrations of cotinine
Group, by mothers' smoking status Mean hair concentration, ng cotinine/mg hair Standard deviation Standard error Range
Active smokers
  • Mother only smoker in household
  • Mother and others in household smoke
  • Total
  • 1.47
    4.78
    2.81
    2.69
    6.33
    4.74
    0.62
    1.76
    0.84
    0.04-12.15
    0.28-18.77
    0.04-18.77
    Passive smokers0.620.720.150.06-2.54
    Nonsmokers0.260.240.040.06-1.34