High frequency of chronic cough and sputum production with lowered exercise capacity in young smokers.
In: Annals of Medicine, Jg. 42 (2010-10-01), Heft 7, S. 512-520
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Objectives. The aim was to evaluate how cigarette smoking is associated with respiratory symptoms, fitness, and anthropometric measures in young smokers. Methods. The prevalence of smoking was investigated in a cohort of young military draftees ( n = 1130; 98% between 18-21 years of age) in Northern Finland. The associations of smoking with respiratory symptoms, physical fitness (12-min running test), education, and anthropometric measures were analysed using a self-reported questionnaire with high response rate (80%). Results. Almost half (46.5%) of the young males were daily smokers, 17.4% being occasional smokers. The prevalence of self-reported chronic cough and sputum production was high in daily smokers (40.7%) and occasional smokers (26.9%) compared to non-smokers (12%). These symptoms were significantly associated with the smoking history. Aerobic fitness was worse in regular smokers compared to non-smokers ( P < 0.001). Smokers had a higher body mass index than non-smokers ( P = 0.035). In the regular smokers, the more active the subjects were in sports, the less they smoked when evaluated by pack year history ( P < 0.001). Smokers had a lower educational level than occasional smokers or, especially, non-smokers ( P < 0.001). Conclusions. The frequency of young smokers with chronic cough and sputum production was very high, posing a serious risk to their future health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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High frequency of chronic cough and sputum production with lowered exercise capacity in young smokers.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hamari, Anna ; Toljamo, Tuula ; Nieminen, Pentti ; Kinnula, Vuokko L. |
Zeitschrift: | Annals of Medicine, Jg. 42 (2010-10-01), Heft 7, S. 512-520 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2010 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0785-3890 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3109/07853890.2010.505933 |
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