Association of tobacco and betel nut chewing and cardiovascular disease
Journal Title: National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
The article written by Ahmed et al.[1] was read with curiosity. The following points are worth considering. In the Materials and Methods section, the authors have described that the study group consists of only tobacco chewers. However, in the first sentence of the second paragraph under Discussion, the authors have mentioned that the mean values of lipid profile were deranged in smokers and tobacco chewers.[1] This statement implies that smokers were also included in the study, and this contradicts the statements mentioned in the Materials and Methods and Results sections. It is not clear in the article whether the study groups comprised only strict tobacco chewers, the subjects chewing betel nut in addition to smoking, or a combination of tobacco chewers and smokers.
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Vagish Kumar L S
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- DOI 10.5455/njppp.2015.5.2505201571
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