TABLE 2

Correlation of maximum drug concentrations measured in hair following controlled subcutaneous cocaine and oral codeine

Significance based upon analysis of variance of linear regression fit.


Low-Dose Maximum Concentrations vs. Total Melanin
Analyte
Fitted Equation
r 2
Cocaine y = 0.1x - 0.07 0.45*
Benzoylecgonine y = 0.01x + 0.05 0.50*
Ecgonine methylester y = 0.001x + 0.07 0.01
Norcocaine y = 0.002x + 0.1 0.15
Cocaethylene y = 0.03x - 0.02 0.58*
Codeine y = 0.03x + 0.4 0.43*
High-Dose Maximum Concentrations vs. Total Melanin
Cocaine y = 0.4x - 5 0.80***
Benzoylecgonine y = 0.04x - 0.4 0.80***
Ecgonine methylester y = 0.1x + 0.1 0.56*
Norcocaine y = 0.01x - 0.03 0.54*
Cocaethylene y = 0.01x - 0.09 0.70***
Codeine
y = 0.09x - 0.04
0.62**
  • * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.005.