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Objective: Smoking is one of the most important cause of cardiovascular disease and known as a preventable risk factor. Lipoproteins especially LDL has an important role in cardiovascular disease. Normally high density lipoproteins protect LDL from oxidation; proinflammatory...
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the possible effects of chronic smoking on serum vitamin D and some inflammation markers.
Materials and Methods: The smoking history of a total of 110 volunteer adults, 76 females and 34 males, for whom 25...
Aim: Smoking is accepted as a risk factor for primary chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and respiratory system diseases and for cancer development. The aim of this study was to indicate the increase in inflammation in smokers by using high-sensitivity...
Objective: First trimester screening tests are widely used for the diagnosis of chomosomal anomalies. In our study, we investigated the effect of maternal smoking on first trimester screening tests in pregnant women who applied to our laboratory.
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Objective: Various algorithms for predicting coronary atherosclerosis have been established, most of which are based on large epidemiologic and cohort studies. We examined the predictive value of various clinical and biochem ical markers for angiographically defined coronary...
Aim: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial disorder with different phenotypic characteristics, the most frequent endocrine disorder in women, and the leading cause of anovulatory infertility. Kisspeptin is recognized to have a crucial function in regulating...
Objective: In this study, we investigated the relationship between androgen levels and type 2 diabetes in men and women.
Material and Methods: 99 diabetic patients receiving oral antidiabetic treatment, without any micro and macrovascular complications,...
Objective: In recent years hsCRP and procalcitonin has started to be used in diagnosis and assessment of the prognosis of cardiovascular diseases. In this study we aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of alterations in C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin...
Objective: HDL is considered as anti-atherogenic and it exerts this effect with reverse cholesterol transport and with the contribution of enzymes such as paraoxonase and platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase. Data on biological variation can be used to determine the...
Objective: Nicotine is an important component of cigarette smoke. Nicotine administration may result in oxidative stress by inducing the generation of reactive oxygen species in the periphery and central nervous system. Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated an...
Objective: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) such as unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or sudden ischemic death evolve from coronary thrombosis and as a consequence of atherosclerotic plaque disruption. “Aspirin resistance” is a poorly defined term to describe the inability...
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