Relationship between smoking habits and serum oxygen radical absorbance capacity and dietary intake in Japanese adults.
1. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of smoking habits on dietary intake, serum oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and lifestyle in Japanese adults. 2. Lifestyle factors were recorded by questionnaire and dietary intake was measured by a single 24 h food recall. Blood was collected under fasting conditions for analysis. 3. Smokers had lower intakes of vitamin C, fruits and dark green and yellow vegetables (DGYV), higher consumption of alcohol, lower physical activity and lower ORAC values than non-smokers. Body mass index (BMI), serum total cholesterol (TC) and triacylglycerol (TG) increased, whereas high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) decreased with an increase in the amount smoked, but there were no significant differences between smokers and non-smokers. 4. It is considered that high cancer and cardiovascular risks among smokers are also reinforced by undesirable lifestyle factors other than smoking.
Ueda
Yukiko
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Department of Human Nutrition, Chugokugakuen University, Okayama, Japan. ueda@cjc.ac.jp
Le Nguyen
Trung Duc Son
TD
Inoue
Hiromi
H
Kunii
Daisuke
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Yamamoto
Shigeru
S
Azuma
Masami
M
D000328:Adult; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D044466:Asian People; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000097:blood*; D012907:Smoking
D000975:Antioxidants; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species