Serum Lipids and Vitamin C Levels of Male Cigarette Smokers in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria

Adikema,; N.A,; Adu,; E.M,

	Serum Lipids and Vitamin C Levels of Male Cigarette Smokers in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria
Medical Journal of Babylon
Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 976-984
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Abstract
Two hundred male subjects were selected randomly in parts of Delta State out of which 100 were cigarette smokers and another 100 non-smokers which served as control. Serum ascorbic acid level (AA), High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL- C) were determined in all the samples taken from the subjects. Results were compared using the T-test at p<0.001. The serum level of vitamin C in smokers (0.81 ± 0.06 mg/dl) was found to be significantly lower than for non-smokers (1.10 ± 0.05 mg/dl); HDL-C level in smokers (30.82 ± 3..08 mg/dl) was found to be significantly decreased in smokers as against non-smokers (47.48 ± 2.85mg/dl); TC level in smokers (274.84 ± 11.16mg/dl) was significantly higher than non-smokers (166.68 ± 6.78mg/dl); TG level in smokers (250.38 ± 6.79mg/dl) was significantly higher than in non-smokers (149.39 ± 4.15mg/dl); LDL-C level in smokers (194.02 ± 11.13mg/dl) was significantly higher than in non-smokers (88.99 ± 7.56mg/dl); VLDL- C level of smokers (50.07 ± 1.35 mg/dl) was significantly increased in smokers as against non-smokers (29.86 ± 0.82mg/dl). The data obtained are useful for the control of cigarette smoking which causes heart diseases and reduction in anti-oxidation capacity of the body
Keywords
Serum Lipids; vitamin C; Cardiovascular disease; Cigarette smoking

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