Background In a recent Finnish study, ferritin was suggested to be an independent risk factor for acute myocardial infarction. This study suggested that high levels of iron stores might thus be atherogenic and possibly explain partly the sex difference in the incidence of ischemic heart disease. Methods and Results A randomly selected group (n=2036), men and women aged 25 to 74 years, were exam...

Latar Belakang: Masalah kesehatan gizi di masyarakat menjadi topik krusial yang banyak dilaporakan baik pada negara maju dan berkembang. Kejadian defisiensi Fe anak-anak dikaitkan dengan kondisi obesitas termasuk juga kelebihan berat badan (overweight), namun hubungan antar keduanya saat ini masih diidentifikasi lebih lanjut. Tujuan: Mengidentifikasi antara anak usia sekolah (7-19 tahun) serta ...

Aim: To obtain the clinical appraisal and haemato-biochemical alterations in cattle suffering from anaemia in Jammu division of J&K, India. Materials and Methods: 125 cattle were screened for anaemia on the basis of Haemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Blood samples were taken for estimation of Hb, packed cell volume (PCV), total erythrocyte count (TEC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscul...

Role of iron in hair loss is not clear yet. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between iron and hair loss. Retrospective chart review was conducted on patients with female pattern hair loss (FPHL) and male pattern hair loss (MPHL). All patients underwent screening including serum ferritin, iron, and total iron binding capacity (TIBC), CBC, ESR and thyroid function test. ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to assess whether neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and cystatin C could reflect kidney function in pregnant healthy women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The studies were performed on 130 healthy pregnant women (n = 63, 3(rd) trimester; n = 21, 2(nd) trimester; n = 46, 1(st) trimester) and 30 healthy female volunteers. Serum NGAL, cystatin C, IL-6,...

Background: Despite high ferritin level, HDCKD patients may have functional iron deficiency even after intravenous iron (iv) therapy. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that lowered serum transferrin level may contribute to functional anemia and erythropoietin hypo responsiveness by the failure to transport accumulated tissue iron to the relevant target tissue. Materials and metho...

the aim of this cross sectional study was to determine anemias due to deficiency of iron,vitamin B12 and folate in pregnant women,who were refered to Shahid doctor mofateh hospital in varamin.in this study hemoglobin value(<11g/dl) was used as the determinant of anemia,therefore,the study was performed on 251 pregnant women.the proportions of women having abortions and cesarean sections were 10...