Department of Physiology, Grant Govt. Medical College and J.J. Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai-8
*Corresponding Author: Email: drdaokar@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 22 May, 2014.
Smoking is a habit indulged in different forms almost all over the world. It is done solely for personal pleasure and satisfaction, as a status symbol for some and as a method of relieving anxiety for others. The background leading to the present study was that cigarette smokers are known to be more prone to various cardiorespiratory diseases.
The study was done with an intention to find out the effect of smoking on serum cholesterol levels and the age of onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
The present study was conducted on 20 smokers and 20 Non-smokers. Patients admitted in the Cardiology unit for AMI were checked out for their cholesterol levels and age of onset of AMI and further compared with their smoking history.
On analysis it was revealed that smokers had a significant (p>0.05) higher serum total cholesterol level than non-smokers. Further it was also found that smokers presented with AMI and Ischaemic heart disease at a much earlier age than smokers.
Smoking habit thus shown to be a potent contributor to cardiovascular disease should definitely curbed at all possible levels.
Smokers, cigarettes, myocardial infarction, serum cholesterol
