Prevalence of cigarette smoking and smoking-related disease correlates in Iranian asymptomatic HBV carriers
Journal Title: Archives of Medical Science - Year 2007, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: The possible hepatotoxic effect of cigarette smoking in HBV patients has been proposed by epidemiological and experimental studies, therefore we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of smoking and it’s correlated factors in Iranian asymptomatic HBV carriers Material and methods: In a cross-sectional study, we included 1116 asymptomatic HBV carriers from patients admitted to the hepatitis clinic of the Tehran Blood Transfusion Organization between 2002 and 2006 Demographic data, health history including cigarette smoking (>100 cigarettes per lifetime) and para-clinical information were registered Results: The prevalence of smoking in asymptomatic carriers of HBV was 135% The mean smoking index in asymptomatic carriers of HBV was 290±206 pack-years (for 151 smoker patients) Frequency of cigarette smoking was higher in men than women (163 vs 43%, p
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Seyed Alavian, Ali Zarchi, Morteza Javadipour, Shervin Assari, Maryam Keshvari, Bita Behnava
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