title: [Giving up tobacco and changes in biological parameters].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the modifications in some biological parameters in patients who stop smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analytic observational prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban Health Centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  152 patients included in an intervention project against tobacco addiction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Arterial pressure (systolic and diastolic), weight and base cardiac frequency were determined, using standard procedures at the start and end of the study year on smokers who gave up the tobacco habit and on those who continued smoking. Cessation was validated for those who gave up smoking. A non-significant reduction in arterial pressure, an average reduction of 6 beats per minute (p < 0.05) and an average weight increase of 1.5 kg (p < 0.05) were observed in the ex-smokers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Giving up tobacco produces a benefit not comparable to the light increase in weight observed in the ex-smokers. It would be useful to study whether proper dietary advice could minimise weight gain in recent ex-smokers.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Delicias Sur, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Córdoba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galán
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Delgado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D015430:Weight Gain
vernacular_title: Abandono del tabaco y modificación de parámetros biológicos.