The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the impact of smoking on hemoglobin concentrations. Smoking may elevate a person's hemoglobin above that seen if the person was a nonsmoker.
Patient selection: smoker
Parameters:
(1) packs of cigarettes smoked per day
(2) measured hemoglobin in g/L
Smoking Status
Reduce Measured Hemoglobin
0.5 to 1.0 packs per day
0.3 g/L
1.0 to 2.0 packs per day
0.5 g/L
> 2 packs per day
0.7 g/L
A more significant increase may be due to erythrocytosis.
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