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Sample size

p-value

Conclusion

[41]

100

Adolescents who smoked > 5 cigarettes/day had increased TC, TG, and LDL-C levels. They also had decreased HDL-C levels. Adolescents who smoked > 2 years had increased TC and TG levels.

15

p < 0.001

Adolescents who smoked < 2 years had a mean TG level 49.4 points lower than those who smoked for >2 years.

26

p = 0.02

Adolescents who smoked < 5 cigarettes/day had a mean TG difference of 29.1 points lower than those who smoked > 5 cigarettes/day.

[36]

White male smokers from the ages 15 - 34 have a significantly higher prevalence of raised fatty abdominal aortic lesions than their non-smoking counterparts.

[44]

364

p < 0.005

Smoking is a positive influence on the development of coronary artery disease in men with HeFH, but not in women with HeFH.

[47]

24

p < 0.005

Chronic smokers have dose-related increased levels of products of oxidative reactions as compared to their non-smoking counterparts.