Correlation between HDL-C and Smoking in Teachers Residing in Shiraz, Iran

Mahmood Zamirian; Mohammad Javad  Zibaeenezhad; R  Mozaffari; Seyed Taghi  Heydari; Firoozeh  Abtahi; Shahdad Khosropanah; Alireza  Moaref; Mohammad Ali  Babaee Bigi; Kamran Aghasadeghi

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Correlation between HDL-C and Smoking in Teachers Residing in Shiraz, Iran

Author(s):

Mahmood Zamirian¹,

Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad¹,

R Mozaffari^1,*,

Seyed Taghi Heydari¹,

Firoozeh Abtahi¹,

Shahdad Khosropanah¹,

Alireza Moaref¹,

Mohammad Ali Babaee Bigi¹,

Kamran Aghasadeghi¹

1Cardiovascular Research Center, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

International Cardiovascular Research Journal:Vol. 5, issue 2; e13998

Published online:Jun 30, 2011

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 27, 2017

Accepted:May 28, 2011

How to Cite:Mahmood ZamirianMohammad Javad ZibaeenezhadR MozaffariSeyed Taghi HeydariFiroozeh AbtahiShahdad KhosropanahAlireza MoarefMohammad Ali Babaee BigiKamran Aghasadeghiet al.Correlation between HDL-C and Smoking in Teachers Residing in Shiraz, Iran.Int Cardiovasc Res J.5(2):e13998.

Abstract

Background: It has been established that serum HDL-C is a main predictor for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of HDL-C to smoking in teachers residing in Shiraz in order to improve the health status of the group under study and community as a whole.

Methods: The present study comprised a total of 3115 teachers working in Shiraz recruited in a prospective cohort study. Of these, two groups of 235 smokers and 235 non-smokers were randomly selected for evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors, and to determine any association between serum HDL-C, LDL, triglyceride (TG), systolic and diastolic blood pressure with smoking, gender and BMI. One way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and independent sample t tests by SPSS version 16 were used for statistical analysis and all means were followed by SD.

Results: Mean age of subjects was 45.5±6.7 years. Of smokers 4.7% were females. Among smokers males had a significantly higher mean of HDL (P=0.002) compared to females (42 vs. 32.4 mg/dl). HDL level was significantly lower (P<0.001) in heavy smokers compared to non-smokers and light smokers (36.5 vs 41.7 and 43.5). However, light smokers had a higher mean of HDL than non-smokers, although the difference was not statistically significant (43.5 vs. 41.7 mg/dl, P=0.131). Serum HDL was not affected by other factors.

Conclusion: Smoking was associated with a low serum HDL in the subjects under study who were intellectual class of the population. It is thus warranted to take preventive measures to combat cardiovascular diseases in this sector of community.

Keywords

Smoking

Serum HDL-C

Serum LDL

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