THE CORRELATION OF URIN COTININE LEVELS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN INPRES PANNAMPU III ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TALLO, MAKASSAR Ika yustisia1,2*, Nurdiana Sari2, Marhaen Hardjo2, Gita Vita Soraya1,2
1. Graduated School, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.
2. Departement of Biochemistry, Faculity of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.
Abstract
Objective. This research aims to determine the correlation of urin cotinine levels to student achievement in elementary student in grade 5 and 6 in Inpres Pannampu III Elementary School, Tallo, Makassar.
Methods. This research is an analytic observational study with cross-sectional design using the average report card grades, questionnaires and measurement results from spectrophotometer of 61 samples respondents urine.
Results. It was found that 54 respondents were passive smokers which could be seen from the presence of family members who smoked at home. The distribution of urine cotinine levels on respondents learning achievement is that there are 24 respondents from 39 respondents who have cotinine levels between 10-100 ng / mL get an average value between 76.26 to 81.42 out of 39 respondents among the same mean values. This study uses the Spearman Correlation test with a value of p equal 0.352 which indicates that the relationship of urine cotinine levels to learning achievement is not significant because the value of pless than 0.05. The negative direction of the correlation means that the greater the level of urine cotinine, the smaller the learning achievement even though the correlation strength is weak with a value of 0.121.
Conclusion. Cotinine levels do not have a significant effect on student achievement in grades 5 and 6 of Pannampu III Elementary School, Tallo District, Makassar City, but it has a correlation value which if the cotinine level is increased it can reduce student learning interpretation.
