1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Grant Govt. Medical College and J.J. Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai-8
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Grant Govt. Medical College and J.J. Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai-8
3Ex-Professor and Hod, Department of Physiology, Grant Govt. Medical College and J.J. Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai-8
4Assistant Professor, Department of PSM, B.J. Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune
*Corresponding Author: Email: drdaokar@yahoo.co.in, Mobile: 9323460452
Online published on 22 May, 2014.
The habit of Smoking is uniquely human and is indulged in almost all over the world in different forms. It is done solely for personal pleasure and satisfaction. Tobacco is smoked by people in various forms and variable quantities wherein some people are just ‘Casual smokers’ while many others are ‘Chain smokers’.
The present study was conducted with a motive to compare and evaluate the effects of moderate and heavy smoking on serum cholesterol levels and the age of onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
The study was conducted on 16 moderate smokers (smoking<15 cigarettes/day) and 20 heavy smokers (smoking≥15 cigarettes/day) who were admitted in the cardiology unit of J.J. Hospital Mumbai. Patients thus admitted 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 Heavy smokers had a highly significant (p<0.001) increase in serum total cholesterol levels than moderate smokers. Further it was also found that heavy smokers presented with AMI at a much earlier age than the moderate smokers (p<0.001).
Heavy Smoking habit thus shown to be a higher contributor to cardiovascular disease than moderate smoking should definitely be prevented and avoided.
Moderate smokers, Heavy smokers, Age, Myocardial Infarction Serum total Cholesterol
