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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Among 2,069 patients subjected to pulmonary function tests, 20% were smokers with a mean oxyhemoglobin (HbCO) level of 5.2%. Similar values for HbCO (2.4%) were found in non-smokers and ex-smokers. A positive correlation was observed between daily tobacco consumption and HbCO level, i.e. HbCO = 0.123 (g/day) + 3.433. For a similar consumption (16 g/day), smokers who inhaled the smoke had a significantly higher level of HbCO than smokers who did not (5.8 vs. 4.7%). The interval separating the time when the last cigarette was smoked from HbCO measurement is of utmost importance: for a similar tobacco consumption (10 g/day) HbCO ranged from 6.5 +/- 0.5% when the interval was 1 h to 4.6 +/- 0.3% when it was 3 h (p < 0.005). In some cases, there were discrepancies between the number of cigarettes smoked as indicated by the subjects and the measured levels of HbCO. Possible inhalation of exogenous CO from other sources than smoking or increased production of endogenous CO could account for these differences.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0025-7931
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
136-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
[Smoking and carbon monoxide consumption (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract