Abstinence from smoking and expired-air carbon monoxide levels: lactose intolerance as a possible source of error.
We investigated a possible source of contamination of expired-air carbon monoxide (CO) readings on CO monitors from raised expired-air hydrogen (H2) levels, namely lactose intolerance, the norm in certain ethnic groups. A significant correlation between expired-air CO and H2 readings was observed in four non-smoking lactose maldigesters.
McNeill
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AD
Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
Owen
L A
LA
Belcher
M
M
Sutherland
G
G
Fleming
S
S
D001944:Breath Tests / Q000592:standards*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D044469:Racial Groups; D012907:Smoking / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006859:Hydrogen