Effect of smoking on fasting blood glucose level
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Objective: it is well known that smoking increases the risk of developing diabetes and induces increases on blood glucose level, so when people stop smoking we would expect better state. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of smoking on the human blood glucose level of smokers and ex-smokers diabetic patients.
Research design: This experiment was conducted on diabetic center on Libya included 80 healthy chronic smokers and 80 healthy ex-smokers people. Fasting blood sugar test performed on each subject.
Results: Smoking acutely induces Fasting blood glucose level: the fasting glucose level of smokers was 127 ± 3.36 mg/dl (mean ± STD) during the smoking and 109 ± 6.4 mg/dl in the ex-smokers (P < 0.05). .
Conclusion: Smoking acutely increases blood glucose level These findings support the pathogenetic role of cigarette smoking on cardiovascular risk factors of diabetic patient.
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