Reference Interval:
Reference Ranges
Clinical Chemistry 48:9 1460-1471, 2002
| | | Unexposed non-tobacco user
| Passive exposure
| Abstinent user for more than 2 weeks
| Active tobacco product use
| | Nicotine
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| 30-50 ng/mL
| | Cotinine
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| Less than 8 ng/mL
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| 200-800 ng/mL
| | 3-OH-Cotinine
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| Less than 2 ng/mL
| 100-500 ng/mL
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| Interpretive Data: |
Compounds covered: nicotine, cotinine, 3-OH-cotinine.
Positive cutoff:2 ng/mL
For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.
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| CPT Code(s): |
83887
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