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Table 2 Clinical characteristics in non-smokers and smokers.

From: Smoking, white blood cell counts, and TNF system activity in Japanese male subjects with normal glucose tolerance

 

non-smokers

smokers

  

light smoking

heavy smoking

number of subjects

94

24

24

Brinkman index

0

385 ± 27A

914 ± 59AB

number of tobacco smoked per day

0

15.2 ± 0.9A

28.3 ± 1.4AB

inhaled year (yr)

0

25.8 ± 1.4A

32.6 ± 1.4AB

age (yr)

52.5 ± 1.0

49.3 ± 1.7

53.8 ± 1.5

body mass index (kg/m2)

23.2 ± 0.2

22.8 ± 0.6

23.3 ± 0.5

body fat percentage (%)

20.6 ± 0.4

20.8 ± 1.0

21.6 ± 1.0

waist circumference (cm)

83.8 ± 0.7

84.1 ± 1.4

84.9 ± 1.5

systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122 ± 1

120 ± 3

117 ± 2

diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75 ± 1

76 ± 2

74 ± 2

fasting glucose (mg/dl)

95 ± 1

97 ± 1

92 ± 1

2 hr glucose after OGTT (mg/dl)

112 ± 2

115 ± 4

116 ± 3

HbA1c (%)

5.15 ± 0.03

5.10 ± 0.05

5.14 ± 0.06

total cholesterol (mg/dl)

204 ± 3

193 ± 7

205 ± 7

triglyceride (mg/dl)

121 ± 14

138 ± 18

123 ± 13

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

60 ± 1

57 ± 3

54 ± 3

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

117 ± 3

109 ± 7

124 ± 7

serum creatinine (mg/dl)

0.81 ± 0.01

0.81 ± 0.01

0.79 ± 0.02

insulin (μU/ml)

3.8 ± 0.2

3.5 ± 0.4

4.1 ± 0.6

HOMA-IR

0.90 ± 0.05

0.83 ± 0.09

0.93 ± 0.13

TNF-a (pg/ml)

1.47 ± 0.09

1.82 ± 0.28

1.46 ± 0.11

sTNF-R1 (pg/ml)

1116 ± 21

1099 ± 30

1307 ± 44AB

sTNF-R2 (pg/ml)

1901 ± 44

1827 ± 62

2166 ± 86AB

HMW adiponectin (μg/ml)

10.7 ± 0.8

11.4 ± 1.7

11.1 ± 1.5

leptin (ng/ml)

25.6 ± 1.4

23.2 ± 2.0

24.5 ± 2.4

WBC (/μl)

5590 ± 163

6829 ± 352A

7500 ± 324A

  1. (light smoking & heavy smoking) Values represent mean ± SEM.
  2. A: p< 0.01 (vs. non-smokers) B: p< 0.01 (vs. light smoking)