Key result
Smokeless tobacco users had significantly higher mean diastolic blood pressure (96.67 mm Hg) compared to smokers (86.47 mm Hg) (P<0.05), with no significant difference in systolic blood pressure.
Why the study?
Does smokeless tobacco use compared to smoking affect blood pressure parameters in adult males?
Cross-Sectional (n=105)
No
Does smokeless tobacco use compared to smoking affect blood pressure parameters in adult males?
Smokeless tobacco use is associated with significantly higher diastolic blood pressure compared to cigarette smoking in adult males.
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Does not support practice change; leaves open whether smokeless tobacco independently raises diastolic BP.
This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess blood pressure parameters among adult male smokers and smokeless tobacco users. For this purpose, 105 male respondents were selected. They were divided into two groups; Group A-consisting of 30 were smokeless tobacco users and group B consisting of 75 smoker patients The participants were selected from medicine outdoor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. In this study, the mean (±SD) of systolic blood pressure were 154.50±26.793 mm of Hg in Group A and 151.67±19.248 mm of Hg in group B respectively. Statistical analysis was done by unpairedt test, there were no statistical significant differences (P>0.05) of systolic blood pressure between Group A and Group B. The mean (±SD) of diastolic blood pressure were 96.67±10.933 mm of Hg in Group A and 86.47±14.745 mm of Hg in group B respectively. The mean (± SD) of diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher (P<0.05) in Group A than Group B. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v25i1.16066 Medicine Today 2013 Vol.25(1): 28-31
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Habib et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Tobacco use (n=105). Smokeless tobacco use vs. Smoking was evaluated on Diastolic blood pressure (p=<0.05). Smokeless tobacco users had significantly higher mean diastolic blood pressure (96.67 mm Hg) compared to smokers (86.47 mm Hg) (P<0.05), with no significant difference in systolic blood pressure.
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