Effect of somkoing on plasminogen

ABSTRACT

The present work was performed on 80 male volunteers classified into 3 groups; the control [non-smokers] group, the ex-smokers group and the smokers group. The last group was subdivided into 6 subgroups according to age of startsmoking, number of smoked cigarettes/day and duration of smoking. A bloodsample was obtained from each volunteer and examined for plasminogen level. It was found that the most important factor affecting plasminogen level is theage of start smoking and that cessation of smoking returns plasminogen to itsnormal level