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A Simple Method to Estimate Tobacco-related Lung Cancer Deaths Based on Smoking Prevalence Data

OBJECTIVE: Tobacco is the major cause of cancer and a relevant risk factor for several other chronic diseases...

Keywords: Lung Cancer, smoking, Africa

01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer

Associations of apolipoprotein E exon 4 and lipoprotein lipase S447X polymorphisms with acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction

Background: Because apolipoprotein E (apoE) and lipopoprotein lipase (LPL) polymorphisms interact with each other and with other factors to affect lipid metabolism, we sought to determine their separate and combined effects in association with ischemic vascular disease.

Methods: We performed a case-control study of 816 subjects: 246 acute ischemic stroke patients, 234 acute myocardial infarction patients, and 336 controls...

Keywords: apolipoprotein E, ischemic, lipoprotein lipase, Polymorphism, smoking

03/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Increased free malondialdehyde concentrations in smokers normalise with a mixed fruit and vegetable juice concentrate: a pilot study

Background: Cigarette smoking, a cardiovascular risk factor leading to oxygen free radical formation, is involved in the development of serious pathological conditions...

Keywords: homocysteine, malondialdehyde, oxidative stress, phytonutrients, smoking

04/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Smoking during pregnancy and bulimia nervosa in offspring

Because smoking during pregnancy is implicated in influencing appetite and impulse control in offspring, the aim of this study was to establish if it is associated with bulimia nervosa in offspring...

Keywords: anorexia nervosa, appetite, bulimia nervosa, longitudinal, pregnancy, smoking

05/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

The combined effect of maternal smoking and obesity on the risk of preeclampsia

Aims: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of preeclampsia, whereas obesity increases the risk of preeclampsia...

Keywords: eclampsia, hypertension, obesity, overweight, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy, smoking

02/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Common 894G>T single nucleotide polymorphism in the gene coding for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and risk of congenital heart defects

Background: Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) produces nitric oxide, which plays a role in vasodilatation and in the regulation of cell growth and apoptosis...

Keywords: congenital heart defects, eNOS 894G>T single nucleotide polymorphism, folic acid, smoking

10/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Illegal drug use, smoking and alcohol consumption in a low-risk Irish primigravid population

To evaluate the prevalence of illegal drug use, smoking and alcohol consumption in Irish primigravidas, we interviewed 1011 women at their booking visit...

Keywords: alcohol, illegal drugs, primigravida, smoking

01/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

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