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Levels of Blood Glucose and Body Mass Index of Some Nigerian Cigarette Smokers

Opajobi Adefunke and Olukemi

Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: A total of 50 subjects (30 male smokers and 20 male non-smokers) were recruited for the study. Blood was collected for glucose assay and body mass index (BMI), BM1 was estimated based on body weight and height measures. Results show that cigarette smoking significantly (p<0.5) lowers blood glucose (3.10±0.37 mmol /L) when compared with control (non-smokers) value (3.49±0.36 mmol/L). Changes in BMI measures were not significantly (p>0.05) different. The mechanism of the effect of cigarette smoking on blood glucose should be investigated and observations documented.

KEYWORDS: Cigarette smokers; Body mass index; Glucose

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