Clinical testing of the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette substitution for smoking: a living systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Some persons who smoke have substituted e-cigarettes for tobacco cigarettes, either completely or partially. What effect does this have on cardiovascular functioning? We conducted a living systematic review on human clinical studies measuring the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette substitution for smoking. The Scopus, PubMed, and CENTRAL Cochrane Library databases were searched on January 31 and April 29, 2021. Three secondary searches and a grey literature search were conducted. Included study designs were randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental clinical trials, and cohort studies. Risk of bias and study quality were evaluated with the JBI Critical Appraisal tools and the Oxford Catalogue of Bias. The systematic review covered 25 studies comprising 1810 participants who smoked

SUBMITTER: La Rosa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10081981 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature