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Table 4 The relative risk of being an ex-smoker, or hookah and cigarette smoking associated with biochemical measurements, CBC parameters and different metabolic disorders; the reference group is non-smokers

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

Groups

Reference group and ex-smoker

Reference group and cigarette

Reference group and hookah

Reference group and cigarette and hookah

FBG

1.003 (1.001–1.005)***

0.999 (0.995–1.002)

0.999 (0.995–1.002)

1.005 (0.996–1.014)

Cholesterol

1 (0.998–1.003)

1.002 (0.999–1.005)

1.005 (0.989–1.010)

0.997 (0.985–1.009)

Uric acid

0.939 (0.998–1.015)

0.921 (0.823–1.007)

0.898 (0.823–0.979)***

1.114 (1.1–1.307)*

Hs-CRP

1.007 (0.998–1.016)

1.005 (0.994–1.016)

1.041 (0.991–1.067)

1.019 (0.991–1.048)

HDL

0.998 (0.986–1.009)

0.978 (0.965–0.991)***

0.923 (0.865–1.007)

1.001 (0.995–1.049)

GFR

1.013 (0.655–1.567)

0.78 (0.51–1.19)

1.21 (0.627–2.35)

1.064 (0.139–8.15)

WBC

1.145 (1.069–1.225)***

1.509 (1.406–1.629)***

1.34 (0.906–1.242)

1.140 (0.849–1.513)

RBC

1.079 (0.425–2.733)

0.642 (0.298–1.386)

0.865 (0.453–1.34)

2.854 (0.27–30.151)

HGB

0.993 (0.709–1.391)

1.235 (0.960–1.589)

1.15 (0.934–1.789)

0.873 (0.357–2.135)

HCT

1.005 (0.988–1.022)

1.005 (0.972–1.039)

1.015 (0.989–1.139)

1.010 (0.93–1.097)

MCV

1.051 (1–1.103)*

1.077 (1.009–1.148)*

1.047 (0.109–1.248)

1.380 (1.126–1.692)**

MCH

0.918 (0.765–1.101)

0.845 (0.714–1)

0.945 (0.814–1.32)

0.636 (0.395–1.024)

PLT

1 (0.999–1.002)

0.996 (0.994–0.998)**

0.996 (0.785–1.098)*

1.002 (0.995–1.010)

RDW

1.008 (0.969–1.048)

1.089 (1.043–1.138)***

1.103 (1.003–1.148)*

0.923 (0.777–1.096)

CVD

1.605 (1.335–1.931)***

1.42 (1.13–1.79)**

1.022 (0.838–1.24)

0.991 (0.347–2.83)

Obesitya

 Obese

1.021 (0.847–1.23)

0.474 (0.377–0.597)***

1.31 (1.096–1.572)**

1.018 (0.38–2.72)

 Over weight

0.937 (0.794–1.105)

0.57 (0.483–0.673)***

1.096 (0.918–1.307)

1.61 (0.76–3.41)

Metabolic syndrome

1.17 (1.013–1.35)*

0.82 (0.69–0.97)*

1.29 (1.12–1.48)***

1.134 (0.58–2.19)

Diabetes

0.79 (0.65–0.95)*

1.14 (1.12–1.88)**

0.75 (0.63–0.9)**

0.71 (0.56–1.42)

Dyslipidemia

0.93 (0.8–1.08)

0.87 (0.73–1.03)

0.82 (0.71–0.94)**

0.57 (0.26–1.25)

  1. Adjusted odds ratios with age and sex, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) obtained from multiple logistic regression tests. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  2. aReference is normal BMI