Research Article

Development of a Method to Detect Three Monohydroxylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Human Urine by Liquid Chromatographic Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

Urinary 1-OHP, 3-OHBaP, and 3-OHBaA concentration after removing abnormal value.

AnalyteNonsmokers Smokers
8 mg10 mg13 mgTotal

1-OHP (ng/mL)0.047 ± 0.048 ()0.057 ± 0.058 ()0.047 ± 0.040 ()0.062 ± 0.048 ()0.055 ± 0.050 ()
3-OHBaA (ng/mL)0.006 ± 0.0006 ()0.008 ± 0.004 ()0.009 ± 0.009 ()0.008 ± 0.006 ()
3-OHBaP (ng/mL)0.002 ± 0.0002 ()0.0024 ± 0.0005 ()0.006 ± 0.003 ()0.005 ± 0.003 ()

The results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation.