OBSERVATIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, STROKE VOLUME AND CARDIAC OUTPUT OF HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS
Authors: C B THOMAS, J L BATEMAN, E F LINDBERG, H J BORNHOLD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 May 1956OBSERVATIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, STROKE VOLUME AND CARDIAC OUTPUT OF HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTSCAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, F.A.C.P., JOHN LAURENS BATEMAN, EVAN FLORIAN LINDBERG, HAROLD J. BORNHOLDCAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, F.A.C.P., JOHN LAURENS BATEMAN, EVAN FLORIAN LINDBERG, HAROLD J. BORNHOLDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-5-874 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThere is increasing evidence that smokers suffer from coronary artery disease somewhat more frequently than nonsmokers.1-4The reason for such an association is not known. English, Willius and Berkson first demonstrated the statistical validity of this finding in 1940, when they compared the records of 1,000 smokers and 1,000 nonsmokers and found a significantly higher incidence of coronary artery disease among smokers 40 to 59 years old than among nonsmokers of comparable age.1The authors expressed the belief that "in all probability the smoking of tobacco was not an etiologic factor but was perhaps an influence that affected the...Bibliography1. EnglishWilliusBerkson JPFAJ: Tobacco and coronary disease, J. A. M. A. 115: 1327, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. GertlerWhite MMPD: Coronary heart disease in young adults. A multidisciplinary study, 1954, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Google Scholar3. HammondHorn ECD: The relationship between human smoking habits and death rates. A follow-up study of 187,766 men, J. A. M. A. 155: 1316, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication December 14, 1955.From The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.†This study was supported in part by Research Contract V1001M-2768, Veterans Administration, and in part by Research Grant H-1891(C), National Heart Institute.‡Holder of a Henry Strong Denison Scholarship in Medicine, 1954-1955.§Research trainee in the National Heart Institute, Department of Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. 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