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Serum thiocyanate levels as an objective measure of smoking habits in epidemiological studies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3402579     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The relationship between smoking habits and plasma thiocyanate levels has been evaluated in four adult samples of the general population containing men and women aged 20-84 and in a sample of 11-year-old non-smoking children of both sexes, for a total of 7577 individuals. Mean levels of plasma thiocyanate was found be approximately 20 mumol/l in children, 30 mumol/l in non-smoking adults and increasingly higher in smoking adults. The slopes of the regression equations of thiocyanate on cigarettes smoked per day range from 3.041 to 5.740, with correlation coefficients of from 0.638 to 0.809. In another occupational sample of 2802 men aged 46 to 65, where the correlation coefficient (between cigarette consumption and thiocyanate) was only 0.49, plasma thiocyanate was a better predictor of 4 year fatal events than cigarette consumption, 4 other covariates being considered in the same multivariate model.
Authors:
A Spagnolo; S Torsello; G Morisi; E Petrozzi; R Antonini; G Ricci; G C Urbinati; A Menotti
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of epidemiology     Volume:  4     ISSN:  0393-2990     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Epidemiol.     Publication Date:  1988 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-09-21     Completed Date:  1988-09-21     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8508062     Medline TA:  Eur J Epidemiol     Country:  ITALY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  206-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Smoking / blood*
Thiocyanates / blood*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Thiocyanates; 302-04-5/thiocyanate

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