Why the study?
Cigarette smoking harms cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, but the relationship between them has not been sufficiently investigated, particularly in early-stage disease.
Population
3,775 male smokers undergoing periodic health check-ups (45±8 years)
Authors
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Supports concurrent vascular-pulmonary screening in smokers; hypothesis-generating for causality and outcomes.
In middle-aged male smokers, markers of subclinical atherosclerosis are closely associated with reduced pulmonary function, suggesting concurrent and interacting vascular and pulmonary damage in early-stage disease.
Sugiura et al. (2020) studied this question.
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