A comparison between the effect of shisha and cigarette smoking on serum lipid profile of males in Nasiriyah City

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Objective : This study aimed to recognize the harm of shisha smoking compared to cigarettes smoking by measuring serum lipid profile in males in AL-Nasiriya city and association lipid profile change with increase of smoking per day.

Materials and Methods : This study was conducted between June to December (2015) in Nasiriya city in Iraq ,all samples were randomly selected.

Spectrophotometer was used for biochemical analysis for each group of lipid profile.

The subjects were divided into three groups, cigarette smokers (n = 35), shisha smokers (n = 20) and non-smokers groups (n = 20).

Age ranged between (30 – 60) years and mean of duration smoking was (13.4 ± 1.3) years.

Results : Results showed that the increased levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) were significant in all groups of smokers as compared to non-smokers.

Conclusion : The study concludes that the danger of shisha impact on human health may be similar or even worse than cigarette smoking.