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BACKGROUND: – Many studies have shown adverse effects of smoking on urinary albumin excretion and creatinine clearance in diabetics, but little is known about effects of smoking on renal function in non-diabetics.
Objective: – To observe renal functions alteration in healthy non-diabetic smokers.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 90 subjects, 30 non-smokers as control, 60 smokers apparently healthy subjects of either sex were randomly selected from different parts of Karachi.
RESULTS: 24 hour urinary albumin excretion was significantly increased (P<0.001) in smokers (mean