Why the study?
Does cigarette smoking initiation worsen serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in early adulthood?
Population
747 initially nonsmoking 9- to 17-year-olds from a biracial community in Bogalusa, Louisiana
Comparison
Cigarette smoking initiation vs Continued nonsmokers
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 to 6 years
Authors
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Associated lipid shifts in young white adults support further study; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does cigarette smoking initiation worsen serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in early adulthood?
Initiation of even modest cigarette smoking in early life leads to unfavorable, potentially atherogenic changes in serum lipids and lipoproteins.
Clarke et al. (1986) studied this question.
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