ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2013
Effects of smokeless tobacco (Maras powder) use on carotid intima media thickness.
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- Effect of Smokeless Tobacco (Maras Powder) on the Epicardial Fat Thickness and Ventricular Repolarization Parameters.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Peripheral and Central Smell Regions in Migraine Patients using Maraş Powder (Smokeless Tobacco): A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the effect of smokeless tobacco (Maras powder) on choroidal and retinal blood flow: an optical coherence tomography angiography study.International ophthalmology · 2020Article
- The effects of Maras powder use on patients with migraine.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2018Article
- Carotid artery intima-media thickness and erectile dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2014Article
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backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of smokeless tobacco (Maras powder, Nicotiana rustica Linn) on carotid intima media thickness. MATERIAL/
methodsThe study included 32 Maras powder users presenting to our Family Medicine outpatient clinic and 30 non-users of Maras powder as a control group. Carotid intima media thickness was measured by duplex ultrasonography.
resultsThe mean age of the Maras powder users was 45.4±11.3 years and the mean age of the control group was 46.3+11.6 years. All the participants were male. The mean duration of Maras powder use was 27.3±11.6 years. Carotid intima media thickness was 0.73±0.20 mm in the Maras powder users and 0.49±0.14 mm in the controls. It was significantly higher in the Maras powder users (p<0.001). Blood pressure measured before Maras powder use in Maras powder users was similar to that measured in the control group (p>0.05). Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure values were also similar between MP users before using Maras powder and controls (p>0.05). Systolic blood pressures were 136.6±12.4 mmHg and 109.7±9.7 mmHg after 30-60 minutes using Maras powder in the Maras powder users and in the controls, respectively. Diastolic blood pressures were 87.2±6.1 mmHg and 62.8±8.1 mmHg after 30-60 minutes using Maras powder in the Maras powder users and the controls, respectively. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures after 30-60 minutes using Maras powder were significantly higher in the Maras powder users (p<0.001). Carotid intima media thickness was significantly correlated with systolic blood pressure (r=0.613, p<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (r=0.612, p<0.001).
conclusionsCarotid intima media thickness was higher in Maras powder users than in nonusers of the powder. Increased carotid intima media thickness can be associated with an immediate increase in systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Therefore, attempts to increase public awareness about smoking should also be directed towards prevention of Maras powder use.
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