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- The study aimed to investigate the effects of cigarette smoking on serum lipid levels among Chinese individuals aged 90 and older, an age group that hasn't been extensively studied before.
- It analyzed data from a survey of over 2.3 million residents, focusing on 216 men and 445 women, using statistical methods to assess relationships between smoking and lipid levels.
- Results revealed that current smokers had lower total cholesterol levels and prevalence of hypercholesterolemia compared to nonsmokers, indicating that smoking may not increase the risk of dyslipidemia in this elderly population, contrary to findings in younger groups.
Article Abstract
Objective: Cigarette smoking had been confirmed as an increased risk for dyslipidemia, but none of the evidence was from long-lived population. In present study, we detected relationship between cigarette smoking habits and serum lipid/lipoprotein (serum Triglyceride (TG), Total cholesterol (TC), Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) among Chinese Nonagenarians/Centenarian.
Methods: The present study analyzed data from the survey that was conducted on all residents aged 90 years or more in a district, there were 2,311,709 inhabitants in 2005. Unpaired Student's t test, χ2 test, and multiple logistic regression were used to analyze datas.
Results: The individuals included in the statistical analysis were 216 men and 445 women. Current smokers had lower level of TC (4.05 ± 0.81 vs. 4.21 ± 0.87, t = 2.403, P = 0.017) and lower prevalence of hypercholesteremia (9.62% vs. 15.13%, χ2 = 3.018,P = 0.049) than nonsmokers. Unadjusted and adjusted multiple logistic regressions showed that cigarette smoking was not associated with risk for abnormal serum lipid/lipoprotein.
Conclusions: In summary, we found that among Chinese nonagenarians/centenarians, cigarette smoking habits were not associated with increased risk for dyslipidemia, which was different from the association of smoking habits with dyslipidemia in general population.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475068 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-11-94 | DOI Listing |
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