Relationship between smoking and metabolic abnormalities in men and women.

<p><i>Definition of abbreviations</i>: BMI = body mass index; h-TG = hypertriglycemia; l-HDL = low high-density lipoprotein cholesterolemia; h-LDL = high low-density lipoprotein cholesterolemia; DM = diabetes mellitus; HU = hyperuricemia; CS = current smoker; Ex S = ex-smoker; NS = never-smoker; ^*, significantly different from CS (p<0.01); ^†, significantly different from Ex S (p<0.01).