Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Smoking Increases Risk For Diabetes
My previous post discussed the link between smoking and death from heart and lung diseases (and showed benefit for quitting). Heres a study, actually a study of studies or a meta-analysis, from 5 months ago that reasserted the often observed link between smoking and type 2 diabetes:Active Smoking and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, JAMA, December, 2007
Of the 25 studies included in this analysis, 24 reported a positive association between smoking and diabetes, specifically:
"The pooled adjusted RR was 1.44."An RR (Relative Risk) of 1.44 means that there was a 44% increased risk for developing diabetes among active smokers vs. non-smokers. Among heavy smokers, the risk increased to 61%:
"The risk of diabetes was greater for heavy smokers (≥20 cigarettes/day; RR 1.61) than for lighter smokers (RR 1.29) and lower for former smokers (RR 1.23) compared with active smokers, consistent with a dose-response phenomenon."The link was so consistent that the authors stated there was "no need for further cohort studies to test this hypothesis." They recommended instead "that future studies focus on plausible causal mechanisms or mediating factors such as obesity, lack of physical activity, dietary habits, and stress levels."
One mechanism they noted which has appeared in previous studies is smokings link to insulin resistance or inadequate insulin secretion - a mechanism which should bear scrutiny in future investigations.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Passive smoking Not Good for Pregnant
Women are exposed to passive smoking at a young age have a higher risk of developing problems during pregnancy. This is published by the study in Tobacco Control and conducted by researchers at the "University of Rochester in New York proves showed before that in women, the correlation between exposure to secondhand smoke and an increased difficulty level and during the gestation period
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The study was conducted on 4800 women at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute from 1982 to 1998, the invited were conducted to respond to a questionnaire on the state of pregnancy trying to get pregnant and all miscarriages against in relation to their use of cigarettes and exposure to tobacco smoke .
The data showed that 40% of women reported a number of problems during pregnancy and motherhood: some were unable to get pregnant, while others the loss of the fetus, 11, 3% suffer from discomfort during pregnancy, have suffered, while 32 % had multiple miscarriages.
The study was conducted on 4800 women at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute from 1982 to 1998, the invited were conducted to respond to a questionnaire on the state of pregnancy trying to get pregnant and all miscarriages against in relation to their use of cigarettes and exposure to tobacco smoke .
The data showed that 40% of women reported a number of problems during pregnancy and motherhood: some were unable to get pregnant, while others the loss of the fetus, 11, 3% suffer from discomfort during pregnancy, have suffered, while 32 % had multiple miscarriages.
The researchers found that the women studied were four of the exposed five to parental smoking when they were young and only a 26% greater risk of non-pregnant, and so, as in the past, continue to smoke in the house ran a, 39% risk of miscarriage.
According to scientists, it is possible that passive smoking with the normal functioning of hormones disturbs involved in fertility and pregnancy, so it is necessary that all women. Before exposure to age, to protect the right for reproductive development
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