A comparison of the lifestyles of young healthy women with different smoking behaviours
Authors:
J. Fiala 1; K. Nebeská 1; D. Hrubá 1; V. Soška 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Lékařská fakulta
; Ústav preventivního lékařství
Přednostka: prof. MUDr. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
1; Fakultní nemocnice u Sv. Anny, Brno
Oddělení klinické biochemie
Přednosta: doc. MUDr. Vladimír Soška, CSc.
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Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2009; 89(9): 499-502
Category:
Of different specialties
Overview
Background:
Smoking is commonly associated with other factors of an unhealthy lifestyle, which can significantly contribute to its deleterious effects on human health. The aim of this study was to identify any possible differences in certain markers of lifestyle among female smokers and non-smokers who were measured in the introductory and first control sessions made after three-months using oral hormonal contraceptive pills.
Methods:
The “Lifestyle Questionnaire” included the frequency of consumption of groups of food and alcoholic beverages, smoking and physical activities. The paired T-tests in the SPSS version 15 programme were used for the evaluation of differences between the smoking and non-smoking subgroups.
Results:
In the total group of 54 women, who attended both control sessions, 35 did not smoke (NK = 64.8 %) and 19 were current smokers (K = 35.2 %). There were no differences in age (an average of 22.5 yrs) or in the basic anthropometric marker body mass index (BMI, an average 21.8) between the non-smokers and smokers. Also nutritional habits were similar, the majority of the women did not respect dietary guidelines. Smokers consumed three-times more alcoholic “drinks” per week than the non-smokers. Important changes in the alcohol consumption could be seen during the period between 1st and 2nd sessions: while non-smokers increased their alcohol consumption, smokers decreased the amount of “drinks” and the original “differences” have lost the significance. During the same time the differences in the physical activities have become greater, but they still remained insignificant.
Conclusion:
Our preliminary results confirmed the associations between smoking and higher alcohol consumption and a lower (insignificant) level of physical activity. On the contrary, no differences were seen in nutritional habits, which included important deficits for the majority of young women in both subgroups.
Key words:
smoking, life style, young women.
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