Table 2 Blood cardiovascular risk factors in non-smokers (NSM) and smokers (SM): plasma lipids, oxidized LDL, basal glucose, extra- and intracellular thiol redox state, adhesion molecules and TNF-α

Triglycerides

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.005^c

Total cholesterol

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.016^b

VLDL

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.012^b

LDL

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.094

oxLDL

(U l⁻¹)

0.021^b

HDL

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.734

Glucose

(mg 100 ml⁻¹)

0.115

HbA1c

(%)

0.590

Homocysteine

(μM)

0.715

Cysteine

(μM)

0.687

Cystine

(μM)

0.126

GSH_{intracellular}

(nmol mg⁻¹)

0.303

GSSG_{intracellular}

(nmol mg⁻¹)

0.397

ICAM-1

(ng ml⁻¹)

0.002^c

VCAM-1

(ng ml⁻¹)

0.297

TNF-α

(pg ml⁻¹)

0.717