We looked for variables that could serve as indexes of alcohol consumption. We tested iron, gamma-glutamyltransferase, mean erythrocyte volume, mean erythrocyte hemoglobin concentration, urea, uric acid, and alanine aminotransferase, among others, in an unselected population of men, and by principal components analysis we singled out the correlation between the two enzymes and the two hematolog...

1. Blood rheology has been quantified by measuring blood and plasma viscosity, packed cell volume (PCV), erythrocyte filterability and erythrocyte aggregation in forty-eight voluntary vegetarians and compared with matched controls. 2. Results show that in vegetarians, values for PCV were lower than those in controls, leading to reduced native blood viscosity. In addition PCV-standardized blood ...

Some enzymes and intermediates of heme synthesis were determined in blood and urine of 26 women with severe iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Erythrocyte free protoporphyrin was almost doubled and delta-aminolevulinate dehydrase significantly raised. But urinary excretion of delta-aminolevulinic acid and reticulocyte ferrochelatase were significantly reduced in iron deficiency anemia. Hence these c...

This is the first report on the effects of a single bout of swimming to exhaustion in cold water on rat erythrocyte deformability, aggregation and fatty acid composition in erythrocyte membranes. The results indicate that there was a significant decrease in body temperature of experimental rats swimming in water at 4 degrees C and 25 degrees C when compared to the control. Erythrocyte aggregati...

Purpose: The most common anemias are iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and beta-thalassemia minor (BTm). A correct differantiation of them is important in terms preventing unnecessary treatment also thalassemia disease. Considering the financial limitations specifically countries with high prevalence thalassemia, mathematical indices, which simpler solutions, have been used to achieve a differential...

To determine whether alterations in adrenocortical function occur early in the development of inflammatory joint disease, we examined patients with new onset synovitis (<1 yr) prior to treatment with corticosteroids or other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Thirty-two patients with new onset synovitis, including 15 fitting criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), taking no medications, wer...

BACKGROUND Many theories regarding the pathophysiology leading to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) have been proposed and tested. Increased erythrocyte aggregation is associated with capillary slow flow and tissue hypoxaemia. We performed this study in order to assess the degree of erythrocyte aggregation in the peripheral blood of individuals with OHSS and undergoing controlled ovarian...