Table 4 |
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Tobacco smoking and elevation of CEA concentrations |
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CEA mean levels (ng/ml) |
Smokers |
Non-smokers |
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Fukuda et al12 |
3.11 ± 1.8 (n = 467) |
2.14 ± 1.8 (n = 874) |
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Alexander et al11 |
2.7 (n = 154) |
1.9 (n = 122) |
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Naghilbahossaini et al16 |
1.84 ± 0.97 (n = 44). Opium smokers: 3.09 ± 3.00 (n = 128) |
1.77 ± 0.86 (n = 47) |
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CEA mean levels in smokers and non-smokers in the available literature |
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Sajid et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:19 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-19 |
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