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Table 1 Association between smoking status and biochemical measurements (adjusted for age and sex)

From: Hookah smoking is strongly associated with diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and obesity: a population-based study

Groups

No smoker (n: 6742)

Ex-smoker (n: 976)

Cigarette smoking (n: 864)

Hookah smoking (n: 1067)

Cigarette and hookah (n: 41)

p value

FBG1 (mg/dl)

92.65 ± 38.71

96.78 ± 43.26

87.59 ± 33.86ab

93.60 ± 42.43c

94.85 ± 47.02

0.013

TG2 (mg/dl)

117 (83–170)

128 (90.5–177.5)

122 (86–180)

121 (88–171)

122 (96–186)

0.125

Cholesterol1 (mg/dl)

192.41 ± 39.36

191.10 ± 38.76

184.18 ± 39.4a

190.53 ± 37.6a

189.27 ± 37.25

0.045

LDL1 (mg/dl)

116.77 ± 35.53

117.18 ± 35.45

112.42 ± 34.93

117.48 ± 33.63

109.03 ± 35.39

0.9

HDL1 (mg/dl)

43.63 ± 10

41.96 ± 10.18

38.77 ± 9.22ab

42.53 ± 9.04ab

41.11 ± 9.65

< 0.001

Uric acid1 (mg/dl)

4.62 ± 1.4

4.91 ± 1.45

5 ± 1.34ab

4.36 ± 1.32c

5.37 ± 1.6c

< 0.001

Serum urea1 (mg/dl)

12.93 ± 4.28

13.54 ± 4.2

13.48 ± 4.22

12.52 ± 4.05

13.8 ± 5.57

0.63

Cr1 (mg/dl)

0.85 ± 0.25

0.90 ± 0.24

0.93 ± 0.25

0.84 ± 0.27

0.93 ± 0.21

0.65

GFR3 ml/min

 < 60

119 (2.7%)

28 (4.4%)

33 (5.7%)

10 (1.5%)

1 (3.3%)

< 0.001

 > 60

4364 (97.3%)

605 (95.6%)

546 (94.3%)

646 (98.5%)

29 (96.7%)

hsCRP2 (mg/l)

1.62 (0.98–3.51)

1.55 (1–3.35)

1.71 (1.06–3.89)

1.63 (1.04–3.46)

2.02 (1.1–4.65)

< 0.001

  1. aNo-smoker vs ex-smoker, cigarette, hookah
  2. bEx-smoker vs cigarette, hookah
  3. cCigarette vs hookah
  4. 1Mean ± SD
  5. 2Median (min–max)
  6. 3Number (%)