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ArticleScientific reports2024

Comparative evaluation of ten blood biomarkers of inflammation in regular heated tobacco users and non-smoking healthy males-a pilot study.

Beata Świątkowska, Mateusz Jankowski, Dorota Kaleta

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Effects of Heated Tobacco Use on Blood Parameters and Cardiovascular Risk in Healthy Men.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Beata ŚwiątkowskaDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, Żeligowskiego 7/9 Street, 90-752, Łódź, Poland. beata.swiatkowska@umed.lodz.pl.
Mateusz JankowskiDepartment of Population Health, School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63 Street, 01-826, Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota KaletaDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, Żeligowskiego 7/9 Street, 90-752, Łódź, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLPostgraduate School of Molecular Medicine · PL

Funding

Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki Project "Science for Society", project entitled: "Use of heated tobacco - health and social aspects" project no. NdS/549728/2022/20222 of November 2, 2022 amount co-financing PLN 1,013,150.00 total project value PLN 1,013,150.00, Polska
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are novel tobacco products that are alternatives to cigarettes. The study aimed to investigate the effect of HTPs on blood biomarkers of inflammation as well as to provide a comparative evaluation between daily heated tobacco users and healthy men who do not use nicotine products. This case-control study was carried out among 92 healthy males in Poland (Lodz-Province) aged 20-56 years: 44 daily heated tobacco users (daily use in the past 90 days) and 48 controls who do not use nicotine products. The history of use of the nicotine-containing products was self-reported and verified using a saliva cotinine test. A 20 ml blood sample was collected and the levels of ten blood biomarkers were analyzed. Among all heated tobacco users (n = 44), only the levels of interleukin 8 (IL-8) were significantly higher when compared to controls: 6.86 vs. 3.95 (p = 0.01). Among exclusive heated tobacco users (n = 33), the levels of IL-8 were also significantly higher when compared to controls: 7.76 vs. 3.95 (p = 0.01). IL-8 level was positively correlated (r = 0.37; p = 0.01) with the daily number of heated tobacco sticks. Out of 10 different biomarkers of inflammation, only IL-8 levels were significantly elevated in heated tobacco use compared to controls.

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobacco ProductsBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesHumansInflammationInterleukin-8MaleNicotinePilot ProjectsBiomarkersInterleukin-8Nicotine

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