It turns out that Smoking in the long term negative impact on the mental abilities of women. While men such impacts cigarettes do not have.
Specialist of the Department of psychiatry at the University of Iowa Kristin Caspers and colleagues assessed the habit of Smoking and drinking alcohol in 118 men and 169 women with an average age of 43 years. Then they assessed their cognitive ability testing memory and mental function, writes sunhome.ru
It turned out that ladies, wykonywanie per day 20 or more cigarettes have gained the much less points than their non-Smoking colleagues. In men, the difference between smokers and those who lead a more healthy lifestyle, the researchers found.
The most strongly induced by nicotine, the lack of estrogen may be affected during menopause, when estrogen production decreases by the body itself, experts say.
"I was expecting that Smoking will have the same impact on men and women. After all, both men and women in our study had a similar modes area. But it is possible that the hormone estrogen makes women more sensitive to the effects of nicotine," said Caspers.
Scientists were not able to compare the mental abilities of the same smoker, as an avid smoker could not quit Smoking for the sake of the experiment. However, researchers acknowledge that the causes of inequality in mental functioning smokers, male and female is not fully understood.
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