MS/MS. The mycotoxin and its major metabolite HO-CIT were detected in 82 and 84?% of all urine samples, at concentrations ranging from 0.02 (limit of detection, LOD) to 0.08?ng/mL for CIT, and 0.05 (LOD) to 0.51?ng/mL for HO-CIT. Median urine analyte levels in the cohort were 0.03 (CIT) and 0.06?ng/mL (OH-CIT) or adjusted to creatinine 20.2?ng/g crea (CIT) and 60.9?ng/g crea (HO-CIT), respectively. Except for higher urinary CIT levels in males, differences between subgroups were not significant. This first biomarker analysis indicates widespread and variable exposure to CIT in German adults, and conversion of ingested mycotoxin to its less toxic metabolite HO-CIT, which may serve as biomarker of exposure in addition to the parent compound." />