Diver’s Lung Function: Influence of Smoking Habit: Shinya SUZUKI. Japan Maritime SelfDefense Force Undersea Medical Center—To assess the influence of smoking habit on divers’ lung function, we measured static lung volumes, dynamic lung volumes and flows and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLco) on 71 healthy, male, JMSDF active-duty uniformed divers (46 smokers and 25 nonsmokers) . Al l...

Adiponectin is emerging as an important molecule in obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, smoking habit is well known to be related to cardiovascular disease and hypertension. To examine the association between adiponectin concentration and smoking habit, we performed an epidemiological survey and an acute exposure test in humans and an experiment in ad...