Twenty-one 8-14 kg adult male stumptailed macaques, Macaca arctoides, were fed a standard laboratory diet and divided into 3 groups. The high-dose group and low-dose group were exposed to cigarette smoke at the human equivalent of 3 packs and 1 pack per day, respectively, 7 days per week, for 3-5 years. Eight animals served as cage and sham controls. Peak blood carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels measured immediately after smoking showed levels of 0.5 ± 0.1%, 3.6 ± 1.0%, and 5.7 ± 2.8% for. sham controls, low, and high dose smokers, respectively. Hemoglobin and hematocrit values were 2-7% higher (N.S. to P < 0.05) for smoking groups, presumably as a consequence of chronically elevated COHb levels. No significant differences were seen in total plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein cholesterol concentration measured at four intervals over a period of one year. We conclude from these data that, while fed a low fat diet, chronic cigarette smoke inhalation fails to alter plasma lipoprotein levels in this animal model.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-13091 |
| Date | 01 January 1982 |
| Creators | Raymond, Thomas L., DeLucia, Anthony J., Bryant, Lester R. |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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