(4) DOES THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES SMOKED PER DAY AFFECT THE AGE OF ONSET OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND SERUM TOTAL CHOLESTEROL?
Journal Title: Indian journal of applied basic medical sciences - Year 2014, Vol 16, Issue 22
Abstract
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION : The habit of Smoking is uniquely human and is indulged in almost all over the world in different forms. It is done solely for personal pleasure and satisfaction. Tobacco is smoked by people in various forms and variable quantities wherein some people are just ‘Casual smokers’ while many others are ‘Chain smokers’. OBJECTIVE : The present study was conducted with a motive to compare and evaluate the effects of moderate and heavy smoking on serum cholesterol levels and the age of onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). METHOD : The study was conducted on 16 moderate smokers (smoking<15 cigarettes/day) and 20 heavy smokers (smoking≥15 cigarettes/day) who were admitted in the cardiology unit of J.J. Hospital Mumbai. Patients thus admitted were checked out for their cholesterol levels and age of onset of AMI and further compared with their smoking history. RESULTS : On analysis it was revealed that Heavy smokers had a highly significant (p<0.001) increase in serum total cholesterol levels than moderate smokers. Further it was also found that heavy smokers presented with AMI at a much earlier age than the moderate smokers (p<0.001). CONCLUSION : Heavy Smoking habit thus shown to be a higher contributor to cardiovascular disease than moderate smoking should definitely be prevented and avoided.
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Dr. Rameshwar Daokar1, chandan Dey, dr daokar rameshwar
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