Key result
Smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both was associated with greater heart rate and diminished diastolic blood pressure in adolescent boys (p<0.05), but not in girls.
Why the study?
Data on the effect of concurrent cigarette and waterpipe smoking on cardiovascular function were scarce, especially among adolescents.
Does smoking cigarettes, waterpipes, or both alter cardiovascular measures in adolescents compared to never smoking?
Cross-Sectional (n=771)
Does smoking cigarettes, waterpipes, or both alter cardiovascular measures in adolescents compared to never smoking?
p-value: p=<.05
Smoking cigarettes, waterpipes, or both is associated with altered cardiovascular measures (increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure) in adolescent boys but not girls.
Warrants sex-specific CV assessment in adolescent smokers; leaves open causality and long-term outcomes.
Background: The effect of concurrent cigarette and waterpipe (i.e. both) smoking on cardiovascular function is still a scarce, especially among adolescents. Objective: Therefore, the study aimed at comparing cardiovascular measures among adolescents smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both, versus never smoking. Methods: Self-reported smoking status and cardiovascular measures were obtained from 771 boys (n = 475) and girls (n = 296) in the 7th–10th grade. Results: Stepwise regression showed that smoking explained (p < .05) 4.8% of heart rate, 6.1% of diastolic blood pressure, 3.9% of mean arterial pressure, 2.8% of pulse pressure, and 4.0% of rate pressure products. The gender-stratified one-way (4 smoking group) ANCOVA revealed greater (p < .05) heart rate and diminished (p < .05) diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, and rate pressure product in the boys smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both versus the ones never smoked, but not in the girls. No differences (p > .05) were found between the smoking groups (cigarettes, waterpipe, versus both). Conclusions: The study indicates that cardiovascular measures are equally altered among the boys, but not the girls, smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both as compared to the ones never smoked.
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Alomari et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Smoking (n=771). Smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both vs. Never smoking was evaluated on Cardiovascular measures (heart rate, blood pressure, rate pressure product) (p=<.05). Smoking cigarettes, waterpipe, or both was associated with greater heart rate and diminished diastolic blood pressure in adolescent boys (p<0.05), but not in girls.
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