Smoking And Thiocyanates In High School Students, University Students And Children With Hypertension
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
To objectify smoking and its connection with various diseases and conditions are used analytical markers. The aim of our study was to estimate smoking and its intensity by determination of thiocyanates in blood serum and / or urine at high school students, university students and children with essential hypertension / PAH /. In the group of children with high blood pressure (BP) were also determined lipid parameters. Thiocyanates are determined in the urine of 86 students aged 15-18 years, and 10-15 year olds 41 - hypertensive. 84 medical students - 18-22 years old were studied serum and urine thiocyanate. We found that 44.49% of students and 50 % of students are smokers , and 47.4% of smokers and 50 %, respectively smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day .The differences in thiocyanates levels in serum and urine in the groups of non - smokers , smoking 10 cigarettes a day and smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day students are statistically significant. Children with hypertension smokers are 31.02%. They have statistically higher levels of thiocyanates in urine, higher values of cholesterol and triglycerides and lower HDL-cholesterol, compared to non - smokers with hypertension.The results supported by published data shows the relationship between smoking, high BP and lipid profile in infancy. Given that smoking not only affects the cardiovascular system and overall development of the child's body , it is necessary to introduce health programs and strategies for family life improvement, for prevention of smoking at school age and to provide support to those who want to quit smoking.
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Angelova M , Kolarova-Yaneva N , Nikolov A
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