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:: Volume 17, Issue 3 (Bimonthly 2013) ::
Feyz 2013, 17(3): 232-238 Back to browse issues page
Comparing the effects of cigarette and waterpipe smoke on serum levels of LH, FSH, estradiol and progesterone in female rats
Rahim Ahmadi , Mohammad Jafar Lotfizadeh , Fatemeh Heidari , Mahyar Mafi
Islamic Azad University , lotfiamir41@yahoo.com
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Background: Studies have shown that there is an association between the smoking and serum levels of sex steroid hormones. This study aimed to compare the effects of cigarette and waterpipe smoke on serum levels of LH, FSH, estradiol and progesterone in female rats.

Materials and Methods: In this laboratory-scale experimental study, female Wistar rats were randomly divided into the control, cigarette, and waterpipe smoke receiving groups (10 rats in each group). Animals were exposed to cigarette or waterpipe smoke once a day for 100 minutes. After 6 weeks, blood samples were collected and following the serum collection, levels of LH, FSH, estradiol and progesterone were measured using the radioimmunoassay method.

Results: The serum levels of LH or FSH did not significantly change in cigarette or waterpipe smoke receiving rats compared with the control group. However, serum levels of estradiol and progesterone in rats exposed to cigarette smoke as well as serum estradiol level in rats exposed to waterpipe smoke were significantly decreased compared with the control group (P<0.001).

Conclusion: It seems that exposure to cigarette smoke has a higher inhibitory effect than waterpipe smoke on female reproductive system and unlike waterpipe smoke, which only results in decreased serum progesterone levels, cigarette smoke results in decreased levels of both estradiol and progesterone.

Keywords: Cigarette smoke, Waterpipe smoke, LH, FSH, Estradiol, Progesterone, Rat
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: medicine, paraclinic
Received: 2013/06/23 | Revised: 2013/12/30 | Accepted: 2013/07/7 | Published: 2013/07/7
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Ahmadi R, Lotfizadeh M J, Heidari F, Mafi M. Comparing the effects of cigarette and waterpipe smoke on serum levels of LH, FSH, estradiol and progesterone in female rats. Feyz 2013; 17 (3) :232-238
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