Health effects caused by cessation of cigarette smoking.

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To evaluate the medical effects induced by the cessation of cigarette smoking, the subjects who had been followed up in a financing company were analyzed epidemiologically. The duration of the observation period was 2 years. Two health surveys were performed for each subject. The number of nonsmokers, ex-smokers and smokers were 117, 38 and 379, respectively. The results based on the analysis of covariance using the age and value of each medical indicator measured at the first health surveys as the covariates showed that the obesity index, diastolic blood pressure and the serum level of uric acid were significantly higher in the ex-smokers than in the nonsmokers and the smokers (p<0.05). Fasting blood sugar, triglyceride and total cholesterol in the ex-smokers who had smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day (N=20) were higher than in the ex-smokers who had smoked less than 20 cigarettes per day (N=18) (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the medical indicators among the subjects with different durations of cessation of cigarette smoking. The factor analyses con-cerning the dietary habits were calculated. The ex-smokers had significant negative trends in the second factor score and significant positive trends in the third factor score between the first and second health surveys when compared with the nonsmokers and the smokers. These trends showed that the ex-smokers seemed to make their dietary habits unhealthy and to increase their calorie intake. In view of these relationships between the medical indicators and the modification in dietary habits, health education concerning dietary habits should be carried out when cessation of smoking cigarette is recommended.
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Health effects caused by cessation of cigarette smoking.

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