Evaluation of some biochemical and hematological changes caused by chronic cigarette smokers among men in Kut city

Abstract

The study was conducted to determinate the effect of continuous ciggarette smoking on some biochemical and hematological components of male smokers blood in Al-Kut city, Iraq. The study included two groups with age range between 18-60 years . The first group consists of 40 healthy male subjects, who smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day for at least 3 years , while the second group consist of 42 non-smokers (control group) .The study found that are a significantly increased in ALT and AST liver enzymes activities, increased cholesterol and triglyceride, increased urea and creatinine, increased fasting blood sugar and increase hemoglobin and packed cells volume decreased while, the serum total protein was significantly decreased in compares with non smoker group.