Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Occupational Medicine Resident, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2
Department of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
4
Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
5
Industrial Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
10.34172/ahj.2023.1350
Abstract
Background: Different kinds of smoking tobacco may affect pulmonary function and reduce some spirometric parameters. This
study aimed to assess the relationship between smoking cigarettes and waterpipe and spirometric parameters.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 1543 middle-aged individuals, as a sub-study of the Shahedieh cohort study in
Yazd. The participants were randomly selected from the Shahedieh cohort population and were divided into 6 groups according
to their smoking habits: non-smokers (n=455), cigarette smokers (n=139), waterpipe smokers (n=287), ex-cigarette smokers
(n=131), concurrent waterpipe and cigarette smokers (n=121), and cigarette or waterpipe passive smokers (n=410). Spirometry
was performed on all participants and spirometric parameters were compared between different groups. The data were analyzed
by SPSS (version 20) using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis, and Mann-Whitney U tests.
Findings: FEV1
%, FEV1
/FVC, and PEF25-75% were significantly lower in cigarette smokers, compared to waterpipe smokers and
non-smokers. The measures were not significantly lower in waterpipe smokers in comparison to non-smokers. The frequency of
obstructive pattern and small airway diseases was significantly higher in cigarette smokers compared to waterpipe smokers and
non-smokers.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that in the middle-aged population, spirometric parameters related to airway
obstruction (FEV1
, FEV1
/FVC, and FEF25-75%) were significantly lower in cigarette smokers than in non-smokers and waterpipe
smokers, but these parameters were not significantly different between waterpipe smokers and non-smokers.
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