Open AccessThe Relationship between the White Blood Cell Count and Cigarette Smoking among Japanese Males
Author(s) -
Momose Yoshito,
Une Hiroshi,
Ikui Haruhiko,
Esaki Hiroji
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.39.280
Subject(s) - medicine , white blood cell , cigarette smoking , cross sectional study , blood pressure , complete blood count , pathology
The Relationship between the White Blood Cell Count and Cigarette Smoking among Japanese Males: Yoshito M omose , et al. Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University —The cross‐sectional data for 1,155 men aged 20‐59 years obtained during annual health checkups in 1993 were used to study factors related to the WBC count. Current smokers have a WBC count averaging IQ‐15 percent higher than those of both ex‐smokers and those who never smoked. The current number of cigarettes smoked per day and the Brinkman index were also positively related to the WBC count after adjusting for such risk factors as the BMI, diastolic blood pressure, and HDL‐C level by means of a covariance analysis. We thus confirmed that an elevated WBC count is independently associated with the amount and duration of cigarette smoking among Japanese males.