Effects of Heated Tobacco Use on Blood Parameters and Cardiovascular Risk in Healthy Men

14 July 2025 : Clinical Research

Beata Świątkowska

^{ABCDEF 1*}, Mateusz Jankowski

^{ABCDE 2}, Dorota Kaleta

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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.948556

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e948556

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Table 3 Complete blood count results: cases vs controls (n=230).

	Study group		Mean	SD	SE	p
		n	Mean	SD	SE	p
White blood cell count [thousand/μl]	Case	117	5.86	1.43	0.13	0.6^*
White blood cell count [thousand/μl]	Control	113	5.69	1.24	0.12	0.6^*
Red blood cell count [mln/μl]	Case	117	4.99	0.30	0.03	^*
Red blood cell count [mln/μl]	Control	113	5.10	0.34	0.03	^*
Hemoglobin [g/dl]	Case	117	15.46	0.87	0.08	0.9^**
Hemoglobin [g/dl]	Control	113	15.44	1.08	0.10	0.9^**
Hematocrit (%)	Case	117	45.78	2.59	0.24	0.9^**
Hematocrit (%)	Control	113	45.78	2.91	0.27	0.9^**
MCV [fl]	Case	117	91.77	3.59	0.33	^**
MCV [fl]	Control	113	89.83	4.97	0.47	^**
MCH [pg]	Case	117	30.74	2.88	0.27	^*
MCH [pg]	Control	113	30.33	1.73	0.16	^*
MCHC [g/dl]	Case	117	33.78	1.02	0.09	0.5^**
MCHC [g/dl]	Control	113	33.78	1.14	0.11	0.5^**
Platelets [thousand/μl]	Case	117	238.69	52.31	4.84	0.4^**
Platelets [thousand/μl]	Control	113	233.52	50.82	4.78	0.4^**
Mean platelet volume [fl]	Case	117	10.36	1.31	0.12	0.5^*
Mean platelet volume [fl]	Control	113	10.34	1.09	0.10	0.5^*
Red cell distribution width [%]	Case	117	13.08	0.76	0.07	0.8^*
Red cell distribution width [%]	Control	113	13.11	1.53	0.14	0.8^*
Neutrophils [%]	Case	117	3.59	4.14	0.38	0.6^**
Neutrophils [%]	Control	113	5.19	10.05	0.95	0.6^**
Lymphocytes [%]	Case	117	33.19	6.79	0.64	0.4^**
Lymphocytes [%]	Control	113	33.92	7.29	0.70	0.4^**
Monocytes [%]	Case	117	9.18	1.83	0.17	0.2^*
Monocytes [%]	Control	113	9.01	2.28	0.22	0.2^*
Eosinophils [%]	Case	117	2.87	1.40	0.13	0.4^*
Eosinophils [%]	Control	113	2.87	1.93	0.18	0.4^*
Basophils [%]	Case	117	0.85	0.43	0.04	0.9^*
Basophils [%]	Control	113	0.86	0.48	0.05	0.9^*
SD – standard deviation; SE – standard error; ^* U Mann-Whitney test; ^** Student’s t-test. Significant values are in bold.

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