Assessment of the accuracy of salivary cotinine readings from NicAlert strips against a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay in self-reported non-smokers who passed carbon monoxide but failed NicAlert validation.
Addiction
; 114(12): 2252-2256, 2019 12.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: NicAlert produces semi-quantitative assessments of cotinine levels in saliva or urine for verification of smoking abstinence. This study aimed to assess the accuracy of NicAlert readings against a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay in smokers who had passed expired-air carbon monoxide (CO) verification but failed NicAlert verification. DESIGN: Comparison of NicAlert readings against readings from a reference assay using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. SETTING: Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS: Self-reported non-smokers (n = 92) who in previous testing had CO of 0-3 parts per million (indicating no recent smoking) and reported not using any nicotine product, but had NicAlert readings ≥ 1 (indicating smoking). MEASUREMENTS: NicAlert produces readings of 0, 1 and 2+, which are reported by the manufacturer to correspond to saliva cotinine concentrations of 0-10 ng/ml (indicating not smoking), 10-30 ng/ml and 30+ ng/ml, respectively. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry was used as the reference. FINDINGS: For 82 participants with a NicAlert reading of 1, only two of the liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry values were within the purported range of 10-30 ng/ml; 71 were below 4 ng/ml and half the values were below 0.5 ng/ml. Two of the eight participants with NicAlert readings of 2 had laboratory values within the designated range. Neither of the two participants with NicAlert readings of 3 had a cotinine value within the designated range. CONCLUSIONS: In people who had passed carbon monoxide verification, NicAlert readings yielded a very high false-positive rate in detecting levels of cotinine indicative of smoking.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tiras Reactivas
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Saliva
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Cotinina
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
Revista:
Addiction
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido