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Smoking is known to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Because its prevalence is increasing in all countries and as the levels of other risk factors differs between smokers and non-smokers, the mean values for serum lipids, fasting blood glucose and body mass index were determined in the Isfahan population. This study was carried out on samples from a survey of risk factors for cardiovascular disease comprising 2200 participants aged 19–70 years in six age groups. The samples included 277 smokers and 1923 non-smokers and were selected randomly from population clusters in Isfahan. After a standard questionnaire had been completed, we took a 12–14-h fasting blood sample from the subjects. The data were analysed with the t test by SPSS software.
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Boshtam, M., Rafie, M., Sarrafzadegan, N. (2000). Mean values of blood lipids, body mass index and fasting blood glucose in smokers and non-smokers in Isfahan, Iran. In: Lu, R., Mackay, J., Niu, S., Peto, R. (eds) Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0769-9_55
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