Abstract:
A prospective study conducted during the period of April to
October 2007, compared serum levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride,
LDL- cholesterol, of 50 apparently healthy cigarette smokers as a test
group, and 30 apparently healthy non smokers as a control group, who
were chosen randomly from the teaching staff and students of the
University of Science and Technology.
The serum levels of total cholesterol triglycerides and LDL-
cholesterol were all highly significantly raised (p<0.01) in the test group
(smokers) Men + SD for controls versus non cigarette smokers.
(189.7 + 18.8mg/dl versus 138.8 + 21.4); for serum total cholesterol.
(198.6 + 23.8 mg/dl versus 155.3 + 22.1); for serum triglyceride.
(143.4 + 18 mg/dl versus 77.7 + 16); for LDL – cholesterol.
The mean level of HDL – cholesterol was found to be significantly
reduced in the test group compared to the control group.(p<0.01).
(56.8 + 12 versus 46.5 + 8.8 mg/dl); for serum HDL – cholesterol.
More over cigarette smoking increased the level of serum total
cholesterol, serum triglyceride, serum LDL and there a positive
correlation with both, the number of cigarettes smoked per day and
duration of smoking in years.
In this study, it is concluded that, cigarette smoking is associated
with hypercholestrolaedmia, and hyper tryglcerideamia with increase
risk of for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
