Cigarette smoking affects the differences between male and female phenotypes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sex-gender medicine focuses on differences and similarities in health and disease between men and women. The present study focused on the existence of male and female phenotypes when routine demographic, biochemical and haematological data are considered and aimed to determine the influence of smoking on phenotypes and evaluate the role of body weight on sex-gender differences in view of the fact that some of them can be utilized as biomarkers of diagnosis, diseases and therapeutic response.

Methods

Eighty-five healthy young adult men (27 smokers and 58 non-smokers) and 85 women (32 smokers and 53 non-smokers) well matched for age were enrolled. 31 haematochemical parameters were measured and data were analysed before and after normalization for body weight applyi

SUBMITTER: Campesi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7344104 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature