Association of Smoking with the Blood Concentration of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D and Testosterone at High and Low Altitudes.
Gaffar Sarwar ZamanSafar Abadi Saeed Al-Saleem AlshahraniNasrin Banu LaskarIbrahim HadadiMagbool AlelyaniMohamed AdamMohammed BabikerMustafa Jafar MusaPranab BaruaMohammed Elimam Ahamed MohammedPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2022)
These contrasting results suggest that future studies should focus on finding out if other biochemical parameters show any significant differences in smokers or/and non-smokers when they are tested at elevated height and sea-level. This indicates that dose modifications of medicines (related to alterations in vitamin D and testosterone levels) should be kept in mind while treating smokers and non-smokers at elevated height above sea level.