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The increasing use of noncombustible tobacco drives the need for a complementary biomarker for distinguishing cigarette smokers from users of noncombustible tobacco products.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aims and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We evaluated the urinary acrylonitrile metabolite, 2CyEMA, as a biomarker of exposure to cigarette smoke in the US population-representative data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES). Smoking status was categorized based on the recent tobacco use questionnaire. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to identify optimal cutoff concentrations by maximizing Youden\u2019s J index. The area under the curve (AUC) was used to compare 2CyEMA effectiveness with respect to serum cotinine.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The overall cutoff concentration for the classification of cigarette smokers from nonsmokers was 7.32 ng\/ml with high sensitivity and specificity (\u22650.925). When stratified by demographic variables, the cutoff concentrations varied among subgroups based on age, sex, and race\/Hispanic origin. Non-Hispanic Blacks had the highest cutoff concentration (15.3 ng\/ml), and Hispanics had the lowest (4.63 ng\/ml). Females had higher cutoff concentrations (8.80 ng\/ml) compared to males (6.10 ng\/ml). Among different age groups, the cutoff concentrations varied between 4.63 ng\/ml (21\u201339 years old) and 10.6 ng\/ml (for \u226560 years old). We also explored the creatinine adjusted cutoff values.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>2CyEMA is an effective biomarker for distinguishing cigarette smokers from nonsmokers (users of noncombustible tobacco products or nonusers).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Distinguishes smokers from noncombustible tobacco product users.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ntr\/ntab224","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,22]],"date-time":"2021-10-22T11:44:46Z","timestamp":1634903086000},"page":"761-767","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Optimal Cutoff Concentration of Urinary Cyanoethyl Mercapturic Acid for Differentiating Cigarette Smokers From 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