title: Blood lipid variability in relation to relative weight and biochemical markers of tobacco and alcohol consumption.
abstract: Carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb%) and gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT) are today frequently used as objective indicators of tobacco and alcohol consumption. The relationships between COHb%, GGT and relative body weight, cholesterol, triglyceride and apolipoprotein AI (Apo-AI) were studied in middle-aged men attending a preventive medical programme in Malmö, Sweden. Although statistically significant the influence of COHb% on cholesterol and triglyceride was found to be clinically insignificant. GGT and body weight had, independent of each other, a significant influence on cholesterol and triglyceride. GGT was found to have a positive correlation to Apo-AI whereas body weight was found to have a negative correlation to Apo-AI. Four per cent of the cholesterol variability, 16% of the triglyceride variability and about 10% of the variability in Apo-AI could, in this study, be accounted for by COHb%, GGT and relative body weight.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Janzon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Franzén
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trell
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001835:Body Weight; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D006454:Hemoglobins; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin; D002784:Cholesterol; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase