Smoking Status, Intensity of Smoking, and Their Relation to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Working Aged Korean Men.
Sung Keun ParkJae-Hong RyooJeong Gyu KangJu Young JungPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
In working aged Koreans with mean age of 39.9 ± 7.0 years, former and current smokers are more likely to have LVH than never smoker. Dose-dependent relationship was found between the smoking status (never, former, and current smokers), pack-year of smoking, urine cotinine excretion, and LVH. These findings indicate that smoking has an adverse influence on LV structure even in relatively young age group.