The influence and impact of smoking on red blood cell morphology and buccal microflora: A case-control study.
Khalid Hadi AldosariGulfam AhmadSameer H Al-GhamdiMohammed H Karrar AlsharifAbubaker Y ElaminMuhammad MusthafaMohammed Y AbbasAbdulaziz Abdullah AlqarniSuliman Khaled AlqudeebiAbdullah Ali BinsaqerHussain Al-GhamdiPublished in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2020)
Our results showed an increase in the percentage of macrocytic RBCs and a decrease in the red cell distribution width (RDW) in smokers compared with nonsmokers. Buccal Microflora was significantly higher in smoker group in contrast to nonsmoker group.