WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. M. A. Babiker*

ABSTRACT

Background: Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use through the world, most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a small square of rice paper to create a small, round cylinder called a "cigarette". Objective: The aim of the present study is to assess serum iron level on Sudanese cigarette smokers. Material & methods: A clinical – based case – control study was conducted during the period from September 2017 to September 2019 in Sudan. 528 person; 397 smoker male (age 18- 35 years old) case, were classified into three groups according to the number of cigarettes per day and 131 non-smoker male (age 18-35 years old) control. Serum iron was analyzed for them. Result: the result shows a significant increase in mean of serum levels of iron in the three smoker groups compared with control group (p= 0.015), (p = 0.014) respectively, the levels of serum iron of smoker groups, the result were (17.90 +- 5.2), (17.51 +- 5.3) and (17.83+- 5.0) for the three smoker groups (1, 2 and 3) respectively compared the level of serum iron of control group (14.9+- 6.7) and as obviously indicated , there is no relation between the serum iron level and number of cigarettes per day p- value (0.274). Also no relation between serum iron and smoking duration p- value (0.844). Conclusion: cigarette smoking lead to significant increase in serum iron concentration. And there is no relation between serum iron concentration and cigarette number. Also no relation with smoking duration.

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