Objective
The present study aimed to compare the lipid profile between smoker and non smoker and to
evaluate the durational significance on lipid profile in the smokers and to clarify the influence of
daily cigarette smoking on the components of lipid profile in Libyan males.
Methods
The study was conducted on 50 healthy cigarettes smokers and compared with 50 healthy age and
weight matchednon-obese non-smokers who served as controls. Subjects in both groups were in
the age range of 30-60 yrs., havingno history of alcohol abuse, or diseases like diabetes mellitus,
hypertension, hepatic impairment, renal disease, gout, hypouricemia, andobesity, and were
neither on drugs like β-blockers, lipid lowering drugs, or thiazide diuretics. Clinical data were
obtained from the history and record on questionnaire sheet. The clinical assessment was done by
(physician) a medical doctor.