Ex-smokers
Predictors of clinical response to extrafine and non-extrafine particle inhaled corticosteroids in smokers and ex-smokers with asthma
... adenosine between patients with and without SAD. With a standard deviation of one doubling dose, β = 0.8 and α = 0.05, we would need 16 patients per group while in our study, 18 patients with and 23 patients without SAD ...
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<p>Opportunistic screening for COPD in primary care: a pooled analysis of 6,710 symptomatic smokers and ex-smokers</p>
... According to the present study, symptomatic smokers and ex-smokers with dyspnea, phlegm and wheeze have a signi fi cantly higher risk of being diagnosed with COPD. Furthermore, BMI <25 kg/m 2 , BMI ...
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<p>Different Characteristics of Ex-Smokers and Current Smokers with COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study in China</p>
... that ex-smokers were older than current ...current smokers were younger, had a lower Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage, and had a better 6-minute walking distance ...
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Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 as a possible marker of COPD in smokers and ex-smokers
... asymptomatic smokers and ex-smokers because its concentration is different between smokers and asymptomatic patients with ...and smokers. sRAGEs that may protect smokers from ...
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The association between critical life events, sociodemographic data and physical activity in the development of myocardial infarction in smokers and ex smokers
... Both the findings of previous studies and the findings of this study indicate a need for further investigations. Future research should include prospective studies with larger samples of smokers and ...
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Why do smokers try to quit without medication or counselling? A qualitative study with ex-smokers
... Allowing ex-smokers to talk about pre- vious assisted and unassisted quit attempts provided new insights into why smokers quit ...many smokers may choose to quit unassisted. By using a sample ...
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SF-6D utility scores of smokers and ex-smokers with or without respiratory symptoms attending primary care clinics
... current smokers while the other half ...current smokers and ex-smokers, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores among light, moderate or heavy ...
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No difference in striatal dopamine transporter availability between active smokers, ex-smokers and non-smokers using [123I]FP-CIT (DaTSCAN) and SPECT
... Methods: A total of 129 healthy volunteers were included. Subjects were divided into three categories according to past and present tobacco smoking: (1) non-smokers (n = 64), (2) ex-smokers (n = 39) ...
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Do frequent moderate exacerbations contribute to progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients who are ex-smokers?
... Background: In addition to smoking, acute exacerbations are considered to be a contributing factor to progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, these find- ings come from studies including ...
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Assessment of airway inflammation using sputum, BAL, and endobronchial biopsies in current and ex-smokers with established COPD
... also little information on the inflammatory profile within the airways of ex-smokers with established COPD. Moreover, most studies in COPD have been focused on single modali- ties of airway sampling ie, ...
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Patterns of airway inflammation and MMP-12 expression in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD
... COPD smokers than in COPD ex-smokers may indicate an increased inflammatory process in alveolar compart- ment strengthened by ...COPD smokers and ex- smokers encouraged us to ...
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Rate of progression of CT-quantified emphysema in male current and ex-smokers: a follow-up study
... in ex-smokers to be lower compared to current smokers ...current smokers the inflammation and mucus production increased density, but as long as this is constant it is not an influencing ...
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Study of Platelet Count and Indices in Smokers and Ex-smokers
... Materials and Methods: This is a comparative case-control study conducted at Khartoum state, in which a total of 150 patients were enrolled, 50 cigarette smokers, 50 non-smokers and 50 ex- ...
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Pulmonary responses in current smokers and ex-smokers following a two hour exposure at rest to clean air and fine ambient air particles
... in DTPA clearance half-time at 3 h post-exposure. The coherence of these observations contrasts with randomness of response in various exploratory endpoints – serum chemistries and protein panels, and procoagulants. ...
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Comparison of hemodynamic and nutritional parameters between older persons practicing regular physical activity, nonsmokers and ex-smokers
... Background: Sedentary lifestyle combined with smoking, contributes to the development of a set of chronic diseases and to accelerating the course of aging. The aim of the study was to compare the hemodynamic and ...
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Exhaled breath condensate pH as a biomarker of COPD severity in ex-smokers
... biopsies, ex- smokers with COPD had higher CD3+, CD4+, and plasma cell numbers compared to current smokers ...and ex-smo- kers with ...
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<p>Psychological factors associated with smoking and quitting: addiction map of Turkey study</p>
... non- smokers and ex-smokers (p<0.01). Scores of ex-smokers resembled considerably to those of non-smokers compared to ...the ex-smokers had signi fi - cantly ...
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<p>Role of the Bronchodilator Test Defined by the Forced Vital Capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotyping</p>
... current-smokers, ex-smokers, non-smoking; BBD, before bronchodilator; ABD, after bronchodilator; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; MEF75, forced expiratory fl ...
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Lung Volume Reduction following Recurrent Pneumonia: An Unusual Finding in a COPD Patient
... current smokers but not ex-smokers with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the Lung Health Study,” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, ...
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Smoking cessation and bronchial epithelial remodelling in COPD: a cross-sectional study
... long-term ex- smokers with COPD had less bronchial epithelial mucin stores, proliferating cells, and squamous cell metaplasia than current smokers with ...in ex-smokers were only ...
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