1PG Student, Department of Physiology, B.J. Medical college, Ahmedabad
2Associate Proffesor, Department of Physiology, B.J. Medical college, Ahmedabad
Online published on 17 February, 2017.
Smoking is an important determinant of numerous diseases. Electrolytes and minerals are involved in most cellular activities and assume a major role in metabolism. Smokers are at greater risk for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disorders, cancer, peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease, blindness, bone matrix loss, and hepatotoxicity. The present study is aimed to understand the influence of electrolyte alterations on serum lipid profile and enzymes in chronic cigarette smokers.
This is a cross-sectional study done on thirty human male volunteers in each group, aged between 30 and 50 years taking local diet and smoking for 5–10 years at least 6–12 cigarettes per day were chosen as experimental subjects. Controls (age and sex matched) who did not smoke were selected for the study. Blood samples drawn from human volunteers by venipuncture and were used immediately for analysis of serum calcium levels.
After the Statistical analysis it was found that there was a significant increased level of serum calcium was observed in smokers.
Our study shows that chronic cigarette smoking alters serum calcium level. chronic cigarette smoking might have induced alterations in membrane permeability properties of tissues and organs, which might have resulted in changes in signal transduction and electrolyte imbalance.
