OBJECTIVE To investigate the combined effects on adult mortality of overweight and smoking in late adolescence. DESIGN Record linkage study with Cox proportional hazard ratios adjusted for muscle strength, socioeconomic position, and age. SETTING Swedish military service conscription register, cause of death register, and census data. PARTICIPANTS 45 920 Swedish men (mean age 18.7, SD 0.5...

background: reactive oxygen species (ros) are a group of free radicals that in excessive amounts have negative influence on sperm quality and function. objective: to study the effect of varicocele and its severity on the level of ros in infertile men with clinical varicocele. materials and methods: in this controlled prospective study, 42 men with clinically diagnosed left varicocele and 30 fer...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, populations are aging and the health of elderly individuals is deteriorating. Healthy habits may slow the process of health deterioration, but research investigating relationships between health and various health behaviors is lacking. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between health and health behaviors (alcohol consumption, smoking, dietary behavior, and ...

In this cross-sectional population study we report on the distribution of carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations in the morning, before smoking, in an urban population of 1037 men born in 1931. The median concentration was the same in non-smokers as in ex-smokers: 0.5%. It increased with increasing daily tobacco consumption. But when carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations are measured in reasonably well-...

background: somatic signs, perceived stress and self-efficacy are differ in smoker and non-smoker students. the purpose of present study was investigating the somatic symptoms, perceived stress and self-efficacy in smoker and non-smoker students. methods: 200 volunteer students, 100 smokers and 100 non-smokers, were selected and completed the somatic signs checklist, perceived stress and self-e...

Five cases of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) are reported, three in women and two in men (mean age 44 years; range 28-65), all of whom suffered a myocardial infarction. Common risk factors for coronary artery disease were present in the two men; in the female group one patient was taking an oral contraceptive, one was in the postpartum period, and the third was a smoker. Only the...

background and objective: smoking can be associated with the decreasing gingival blood flow and epithelial changes. the aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological changes of gingival epithelium and connective tissue in smokers. methods: the study was case-control. sixty male patients (28 smokers and 32 nonsmokers) suffering chronic periodontitis were participated in the study. peri...