'Smoking prevalence and its combination with some cardiovascular risk factors '

This study was carried out on 2200 men and women aged 20-70 years in isfahan who participatd in isfahan Cardiovacular Risk Facor survery, in order to find prevalence of cigarette smoking in this population and estimate the relation of smoking with other CAD risk factors. All information was obtained by standard questionnaires mainly concerning smoking habits of subjects and their personal characteristics, etc. Serum lipids and fasting blood glucose levels were measured from 12-14 hr fasting specimen by ELAN 2000 autoanalyzer. Blood pressure was measured according to WHO standardized method. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among Isfanhan population is 11.1% (0.92 in women, 23.3%) in men. Contrary to serum total cholesterol (T.cho) and fasting blood sugar (FBS), the mean levels of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and body mass index (BMI) were significantly higher in non-smokers than smokers (P