1. Elevated red blood cell distribution width in healthy smokers
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Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Erdal Aktürk, Hasan Korkmaz, İsa Sincer, Mücahid Yılmaz, Kenan Erdem, Ahmet Çelik, and Ramazan Özdemir
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biological markers ,blood flow velocity ,c-reactive protein ,coronary circulation ,erythrocyte indices ,inflammation ,smoking ,cigar. ,Medicine ,Internal medicine ,RC31-1245 ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Objectives: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to be a marker of morbidity and mortality for some cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. We aimed to evaluate RDW values in otherwise healthy smokers. Study design: Two hundred and twenty consecutive subjects with current smoking and 230 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects without smoking history were enrolled. Number of cigarettes smoked per day and duration of smoking, evaluated as pack years, were recorded. Complete blood count, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and lipid profile were analyzed in all study participants. Results: The mean RDW values were higher in smokers than in nonsmokers (13.9+-1.2 vs. 13.1+-0.8, p
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- 2013
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