Why the study?
Does sports participation mitigate the negative effects of smoking on lung function?
Population
68 individuals: 10 smoker sportsmen, 17 non-smoker sportsmen, and 41 smoker non-sportsmen.
Comparison
Smoking vs Non-smoker sportsmen and smoker non-sportsmen…
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
30 minutes (for acute effect)
Authors
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Sports participation may partially offset smoking-related lung impairment; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice pending longitudinal data.
Does sports participation mitigate the negative effects of smoking on lung function?
While smoking impairs lung function in sportsmen, sports participation appears to partially mitigate this impairment compared to non-sportsmen who smoke.
De et al. (1988) studied this question.
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