%0 Journal Article
%T Tobacco smoking and blood parameters in the kurdish population of Iran.
%A Shakiba E
%A Moradinazar M
%A Rahimi Z
%A Najafi F
%A Pasdar Y
%A Kohsari M
%J BMC Cardiovasc Disord
%V 23
%N 1
%D 2023 08 14
%M 37580672
%F 2.174
%R 10.1186/s12872-023-03433-2
%X This study investigates the relationship between smoking and blood parameters in the Iranian Kurdish population.<BR>The current study was conducted based on the recruitment phase of the Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study.<BR>Current smokers had higher levels of RBC count, HCT, HGB, MCV, MCH, MCHC, WBC count, and GR%, than in other groups significantly. Passive smokers had higher levels of PLT count and PCT statistically. The increasing exposure time of smoking positively affected WBC count, GR%, PLT count, PCT, and RDW in female passive smokers. In addition, heavy smokers, as well as participants with a higher duration time of smoking, had the same results for significantly lower levels of lymphocyte and monocyte and a higher level of RBC indices.<BR>According to the present study, along with the current smokers, the intensity of smoking, as well as the duration time of the smoke, could have a positive correlation with blood parameters. Furthermore, passive smokers and specifically secondhand female smokers were more vulnerable to smoke.