Table 2

HPRT mutational spectra in newborns with and without exposure to tobacco smoke metabolites in utero

a) distribution of mutant clones

maternal exposure

study

total independent mutants

small mutations (%)

deletions, rearrangements (%)

VDJ recombinant deletions (%)

P1

unexposed

Finette et al [23]

30

10 (33)

14 (47)

6 (20)

mixed

McGinniss et al [11]

41

7 (17)

14 (34)

20 (49)

0.039

mixed

Manchester et al [21]

38

13 (34)

16 (42)

9 (24)

0.91

passively exposed

Finette et al [23]

35

17 (49)

6 (17)

12 (34)

0.036

b) mutation frequencies for three classes of mutants based on individual studies

maternal exposure

study

overall mean Mf ± SD (× 10-6)

small mutations Mf (× 10-6)

deletions, rearrangements Mf (× 10-6)

VDJ recombinant deletions Mf (× 10-6)

P2

unexposed

Finette et al [22,23]

0.72 ± 0.53

0.24

0.34

0.14

mixed

McGinniss et al [11]

0.64 ± 0.40

0.11

0.22

0.31

0.003

mixed

Manchester et al [21]

1.32 ± 1.093

0.45

0.56

0.31

< 0.001

passively exposed

Finette et al [22,23]

1.18 ± 1.284

0.57

0.20

0.40

0.002

c) mutation frequencies for three classes of mutants based on pooled data5

unexposed

Finette et al [22,23]

0.73 ± 0.51

0.24

0.34

0.15

mixed

McGinniss et al [11]

0.99 ± 0.95

0.17

0.34

0.48

0.008

mixed

Manchester et al [21]

0.99 ± 0.953

0.34

0.42

0.24

0.037

passively exposed

Finette et al [22,23]

1.38 ± 1.364

0.67

0.24

0.47

< 0.001


1χ2

2t tests on ln transformed data

3excluding outlier with HPRT Mf of 14.7 × 10-6

4excluding outlier with HPRT Mf of 45.3 × 10-6

5for the purposes of this analysis the data of McGinniss et al [11] was pooled with that of Manchester et al [21] and Finette et al [22,23] to yield a single Mf.

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