Comparison of treadmill exercise test results in male smokers and non-smokers

VernacularTitle:男性吸烟与不吸烟者平板运动试验结果的比较
Author: Rong ZHOU ; Yu PENG ; Suming ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Smoking; Exercise test; Coronary artery disease
From: Chinese Journal of cardiovascular Rehabilitation Medicine 2015;24(3):258-260
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To observe the difference of results of treadmill exercise test (TET) between male smokers and non-smokers .Methods:A total of 200 men with long-term smoking ≥20 cigarette per day were screened from outpatients and treated as smoking group .Another 200 men with similar age ,who didn’ t smoke at all ,were regarded as non-smoking control group (control group) .There were no medical history for hypertension ,hyperlipidemia ,diabetes ,and were nega-tive for electrocardiography and color echocardiography (exclude left ventricular hypertrophy etc .organic heart disease) in two groups .TET results and incidence rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within two years were compared between two groups .Results:Compared with control group ,there were significant rise in TET positive rate (37. 5% vs .57. 5% , P<0.001) and incidence rate of AMI (8.5% vs .17.5% ,P=0.007) within two years in smoking group .Conclusion:Risk of suffering from coronary artery disease is more high in smokers among men .