May 1, 1997European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Smoking cessation improves insulin sensitivity in healthy middle‐aged men
Why the study?
Does smoking cessation improve insulin sensitivity and markers of insulin resistance syndrome in healthy middle-aged male smokers?
Population
n=40 male, non-obese healthy middle-aged smokers
Comparison
Smoking cessation vs Continued smoking
Design
Cohort, open
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support cessation counseling despite weight gain concerns; leaves open causality in randomized or diverse populations.
Structured PICO
Does smoking cessation improve insulin sensitivity and markers of insulin resistance syndrome in healthy middle-aged male smokers?
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Population
n=40 male, non-obese healthy middle-aged smokers
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Intervention
Smoking cessation
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Comparator
Continued smoking
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Outcome
Insulin sensitivity (determined with the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp technique) and markers of insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) at 8 weekssurrogate
Smoking cessation improves insulin sensitivity and lipoprotein profiles in healthy middle-aged men, demonstrating that these metabolic benefits override the effects of cessation-induced weight gain.
Cite This Study
Eliasson et al. (1997) studied this question.