Circulation RESEARCH LETTER Association of Cigarette and Electronic Cigarette Use Patterns With Levels of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers Among US Adults Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study T he cardiovascular toxicity of...
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Circulation RESEARCH LETTER Association of Cigarette and Electronic Cigarette Use Patterns With Levels of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers Among US Adults Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study T he cardiovascular toxicity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is not well Andrew C. Stokes , PhD understood, and population data assessing the cardiovascular effects of e- Wubin Xie , DrPH, MPH cigarette use are sparse. In the present study, we used nationally represen- Anna E. Wilson, MPH tative data to examine the association of cigarette and e-cigarette use behaviors Hanqi Yang, BA with biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress. Inflammation and oxidative Olusola A. Orimoloye, stress are key contributors of smoking-induced cardiovascular disease, and related MBBS, MPH biomarkers have been studied as predictive factors for cardiovascular events.1,2 Alyssa F. Harlow , MPH The PATH study (Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health) is a nation- Jessica L. Fet
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