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Cigarette smoking and CVD risk factors in Irish adults
Author(s) -
McCrorie Tracy Ann,
Wallace Julie MW,
Mullee Amy,
Sinclair Andrew J,
Strain J J
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.995.2
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , anthropometry , demography , cigarette smoking , risk factor , obesity , disease , body mass index , environmental health , sociology
Cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for CVD and is estimated to account for 12% of all disease burden and over 20% of CVD in developed countries. Previous research has shown that smokers (SK) are more likely make poorer choices in relation to diet and lifestyle compared to non‐smokers (NSK). Therefore SK may be expected to have a less favourable profile of other CVD risk factors compared to NSK. The aim of this study was to compare CVD risk factors in apparently healthy SK and NSK Irish adults (18–45 years). Smokers and NSK were gender and age‐matched (n=194; 109 males and 85 females) and provided a fasting blood sample. Serum C‐reactive protein, glucose, TAG, total cholesterol and HDL‐cholesterol were measured and LDL‐cholesterol calculated. Anthropometric measurements of weight, height and waist circumference (WC) were taken and BMI was calculated. In men, there were no significant differences in BMI and WC between smokers and NSK. Female smokers had a higher WC than NSK, but no difference in BMI. Older, heavier men who smoked were 4.5 times (95%CI 1.7 to 11.2, P=0.003) more likely to have high TAG (above the median; >1.18mmol/l). Smoking status did not predict other CVD risk factors. In these analyses smoking predicted high TAG levels, but not other CVD risk factors. These findings warrant further investigation of the association between smoking and CVD risk factors in Irish adults.