Determination of Serum Iron Level in Sudanese Cigarette Smokers

Abstract

Smoking is one of the biggest public health problem throughout the world. Cigarette smoking causes minerals disterbances which lead to serious consequences, this cross sectional study was carreid out to determine the effect of cigarette smoking on serum iron level . fifty male smokers aged (20 -50 years old as cases ) and fifty male non smokers (controls were sex and age matched) were enrolled .Three mls of venous blood were collected from each volunteer ,serum obtained and analyzed colormetrically .statistical analysis was done using spss version 16 ( in dependant t- test ,one way onova ) it revealed that serum iron was insignificantly high in smokers compared to nonsmokers, (P.V=0.301), mean of serum iron in smokers (104.78µg/dl ) ,(96.52µg/dl) in non smokers .Serum iron did not change due to age difference (P.V=0.766). There was insignificant difference between the mean of serum iron in smokers who smoked < 5 cigarette per day compared to those who smoked >15 cigarette per day (P.V= 0.772) , No correlation found between iron level and the number of cigarette per day , also no correlation found between iron level and duration of smoking (P.V=0.159).