Cigarette smoking increases white blood cell aggregation in whole blood

A. B. Bridges; A. Hill; J. J. Belch

Cigarette smoking increases white blood cell aggregation in whole blood

A. B. Bridges, A. Hill, J. J. Belch

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Abstract

We studied the effect of chronic cigarette smoking on white blood cell aggregation, increased aggregation predisposes to microvascular occlusion and damage. Current smokers had significantly increased white blood cell aggregation when compared with non smokers. The presence of chronically activated white blood cells in current smokers may be relevant in the pathogenesis of ischaemic vascular disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-140
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Volume	86
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Mar 1993

Keywords

Cigarette smoking
Leukocytes

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Cigarette smoking increases white blood cell aggregation in whole blood

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