The study was aimed to determine factors of carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT) in a population of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A survey was conducted on 370 patients (mean age 60.3±8.3 years and diabetes duration 8.6±6.2 years) with T2D and coronary artery disease. Multivariate linear regression analysis was built to define the factors of CIMT, when age, systolic and diastolic blood p...

A 65 years old male patient admitted to the hospital with weakness and pain of the extremity muscles. He had tenderness widespread of the body and feel difficulty to move. He had coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia. He was taking 267 mg of fenofibrate daily for 5 months and had influenza vaccine (Vaxigrip, Sanofi, Lyon, France) administration a week before admission to the hospital. Labor...

Eight Merino sheep (49.4±4.23 kg LW) and eight Alpine goats (53.2±2.51 kg LW) were used in two experiments to study the effect of quebracho tannins (Q) on some plasma metabolites. Four sheep and four goats were fed daily 20 g DM of alfalfa hay (3-5 cm) per kg LW (A), whereas the other animals were given the same amount of hay treated with 50 g of Q. Blood samples were taken after 5, 34, and 64 ...

the effect of genotype and sex of nigerian indigenous chickens (dwarf, fulani ecotypes, neck, frizzle and normal feathered) on blood serum electrolytes and biochemical parameters were investigated using 40 chickens. the collected data were subjected to analysis via a 2 way anova. the results revealed serum levels of sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, total protein, creatinin, albu...

The standard ophthalmic examination was obtain, photophundus and fluorescein angiography. Hematological parameters (ESR, WBC, and RBC) and biochemical analysis were done (levels of uric acid, creatinin and urea, plasma fibrinogen level, C reactive protein, glycemia, glycated hemoglobin A1C, total cholesterol, and its fractions, triglycerides). We used National Cholesterol Education Program crit...