RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING HABITS AND SERUM OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY AND DIETARY INTAKE IN JAPANESE ADULTS

• Published in: Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology Vol. 31; no. s2; pp. S35 - S36
• Main Authors: Ueda, Yukiko, Trung Duc Son, Le Nguyen, Inoue, Hiromi, Kunii, Daisuke, Yamamoto, Shigeru, Azuma, Masami
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Pty 01.12.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Antioxidants - metabolism; anti‐oxidant status; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; dietary intake; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Life Style; lifestyle; Male; oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC); Reactive Oxygen Species - blood; Smoking; smoking habits
• ISSN: 0305-1870; 1440-1681
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.04110.x

SUMMARY 1. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of smoking habits on dietary intake, serum oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and lifestyle in Japanese adults. 2. Lifestyle factors were recorded by questionnaire and dietary intake was measured by a single 24 h food recall. Blood was collected under fasting conditions for analysis. 3. Smokers had lower intakes of vitamin C, fruits and dark green and yellow vegetables (DGYV), higher consumption of alcohol, lower physical activity and lower ORAC values than non‐smokers. Body mass index (BMI), serum total cholesterol (TC) and triacylglycerol (TG) increased, whereas high‐density lipoprotein–cholesterol (HDL‐C) decreased with an increase in the amount smoked, but there were no significant differences between smokers and non‐smokers. 4. It is considered that high cancer and cardiovascular risks among smokers are also reinforced by undesirable lifestyle factors other than smoking.