TABLE T
Relationship between mutagenicity and chemical composition
of tobacco and smoke - The significance of correlation
coefficients from regression lines and Spearm- an rank tests
Comparison between Correlation coefficients from
mutagenicity (ITL)
Regression lines Spearman tests
and r r
s
Smoke
Nicotine - mg/cigt 0.06 -0.31
TPM mg/cigt -0.07 0.08
Tar mg/ci9t -0.00 -0.14
Tar/nicotine ratio -0.27 -0.69*
Acetaldehyde ug/cigt 0.09 0.17
Total aldehydes - ug/cigt 0.18 0.31
Acrolein - ug/cigt -0.50 -0.26
Tobacco
-0.11
Total alkaloids - % 0.19
Reducing sugars - % -0.40 -0.73*
Total -nitrogen - % 0.86** 0.72*
Protein nitrogen 0.86** 0.66*
Significant at P<0.01
Significant at P4 0.001
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 15 April 1999