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- Title
The effects of cigarette smoking on serum oxidant status, and cholesterol, homocysteine, folic acid, copper, and zinc levels in university students.
- Authors
Ergüder, İmge B.; Uçar, Asli; Aritürk, Işıl; Ergüder, Toker; Avci, Aslıhan; Hasipek, Seniha; SunguroG;lu, Kadirhan
- Abstract
Aim: To examine the effect of cigarette smoking on serum oxidative damage and oxidant status in university students. Materials and Methods: Subjects were randomly chosen from among Ankara University Faculty of Science students. The study was performed at the Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry. In all, 44 volunteer (22 smokers and 22 non-smokers) students participated in the study. Malondialdehyde, sensitivity to oxidation (SO), and antioxidant potential (AOP), and total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol, homocysteine, folic acid, copper, and zinc levels were measured in serum samples. Results: Serum SO levels were significantly higher in smokers than in non-smokers (1.01 ± 0.64 and 0.49 ± 0.14, respectively). Conclusions: Smoking history could be evidence of oxidative stress (high serum SO concentrations) and an impaired oxidant defense system.
- Subjects
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of tobacco; HEALTH of college students; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of homocysteine; FOLIC acid in human nutrition; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of cholesterol; COPPER in the body
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 4, p513
- ISSN
1300-0144
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3906/sag-0805-41