Fig. 1. Changes in Fibrinogen level in the blood. Participants were divided into 4 groups. Non-smokers were assigned to the control and yogurt groups while smokers were assigned to the smoking and combined groups. The yogurt and combined groups consumed 80 g of yogurt twice a day, after breakfast and dinner. The smoking and combined groups used 10 cigarettes per day. Participants consumed yogurt and/or smoked for three weeks, after which the citrated plasma were collected from the subjects and were measured for fibrinogen levels. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical analysis. significance level P<0.05. Abbreviations: Pre, before study; Post, after study; NS, not significant.
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