title: [The analysis of smoking tobacco of patients with tuberculosis--data from ten years observation in Regional Center of Pulmonology in Bydgoszcz].
abstract: Tobacco smoking is recognised by the society as the the main problem of the public health in the world and as the factor of the risk of tuberculosis, it grew up last decades considerably, universally particularly in countries developing. That is why also our studies also represents in the clinical aspect the relationship between tuberculosis - as active disease and tobacco smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  The retrospective investigation comprised 2025 patients with tuberculosis in the period 10 years from Regional Center of Pulmonology in Bydgoszcz. Data these patients worked out from the central base of hospital. Age of patients was comprising in the range from 16 to 98 years. In the studied group were 665 (32.8%) women and 1360 (67.2%) men. Data on the subject of the tobacco smoking was collected from medical history applied during admission to hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were analysed data 1403 (69.3%) smokers and 613 (30.3%) non-smoking persons. Data for 9 patients (0.4%) not establish what they belong from considered groups. For 1252 smokers was established how they long smoke. As much as 602 passed that they smoked above 20 years from among them. These symptoms as shortness of breathe and weakness related smoking persons longer more indeed often. It was confirmed that the smoking predominates among men and was indeed higher than among non-smoking persons. Smokers significant group takes out from among persons being deriving from cities above 30 thousands occupants. Percentage in smokers group homeless was significantly higher than in non-smoking. Smokers displayed oneself to be also the more faintly educated group, after the divorce. Among unemployeds smokers percentage carried out as much as 84.8, among working persons 69.1.Alcoholics percentage turned out significantly higher in smokers group. Above 5% smokers and only 1% non-smoking persons had recurrence of the disease. Percentage of patients with cachexy among smokers turned out indeed higher than among non-smoking persons. It was confirmed, that percentage to go out of wilful from the hospital among smokers was indeed higher than among non-smoking persons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retrospective studies provides signs that tobacco smoking is important factor of the development of tuberculosis as symptomatic disease. Anti-nicotine education applied in the face of patients should be the standard while the treatment of tuberculosis in hospital.
authors: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Płuc, Nowotworów Gruźlicy UMK w Toruniu Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy. gprzybylski@cm.umk.pl
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Przybylski
authors: Anita
authors: A
authors: Dabrowska
authors: Ryszard
authors: R
authors: Gołda
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Gadzińska
authors: Hanna
authors: H
authors: Trzcinska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D002100:Cachexia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult