ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine1990
Acute changes in atherogenic and thrombogenic factors with cessation of smoking.
Article in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Venous thromboembolism has the same risk factors as atherosclerosis: A PRISMA-compliant systemic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Current and former smoking and risk for venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2013Pooled it
- Is transdermal nicotine associated with cardiovascular risk?Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of LondonTrial
- ADH7 and plasma proteins mediate smoking-related esophageal cancer: genetic causality and therapeutic insight.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Tobacco smoking and binge alcohol use are associated with incident venous thromboembolism in an HIV cohort.HIV medicine · 2022Article
- Predictive risk factors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) in ambulant solid cancer patients: retrospective single Centre cohort study.Thrombosis journal · 2019Review
- Blood viscosity as a forgotten factor and its effect on pulmonary flow.Translational respiratory medicine · 2013Article
- The effect of quitting smoking on HDL-cholesterol - a review based on within-subject changes.Biomarker research · 2013Article
- The smoker's paradox and the real risk of smoking.European journal of epidemiology · 2005Article
- Weight gain and insulin resistance during nicotine replacement therapy.Clinical cardiology · 1999Article
- The benefits of stopping smoking and the role of nicotine replacement therapy in older patients.Drugs & aging · 1996Review
- Standard and alternative adjunctive treatments in cardiac rehabilitation.Texas Heart Institute journal · 1993Review
- Acute changes in haematological parameters on cessation of smoking.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1992Article
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Abstract
Tobacco smoking is associated with alterations in several factors considered to be important in the atherosclerotic process. Thirty chronic smokers were studied 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after complete tobacco withdrawal. Significant reductions in fibrinogen, haematocrit, plasma viscosity and whole blood viscosity as well as a significant increase in HDL-cholesterol were observed. As these factors are important in both atherogenesis and thrombogenesis, these observations may give insight into tobacco-induced atherosclerotic disease and may be responsible for the more rapid reduction in the incidence of cardiovascular disease that is believed to occur after stopped smoking.
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