oxidative stress in smokers
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/08/006143
- Lead Sponsor
- Father Muller Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
smoking history of more than a year and more than 10 cigarettes a day.
Healthy controls who are non-smokers
Exclusion Criteria
Asthma, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Renal Failure, Liver diseases, Tobacco chewer, Occasional smokers, Carcinomas
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method increase in serum level of ADA, MDA, AOPP correlating with the spirometric changes in smokersTimepoint: no time period required for my study
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method increase in the oxidative stress markers in smokers compared with the non-smokers.Timepoint: not required for my study