Chronic alcohol consumption leads to malnutrition and to the deficiency of many vitamins. One of the most important is folate deficiency. Folate deficiency disrupts the process of hematopoiesis, which can be evaluated by the changes of red cell indices. The aim of this study was to determine the hematological disturbances by the measurement of red blood cell indices in a Polish population of ch...

Objective: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) describes a clinical constellation of distinct but interrelated abnormalities that have been linked to many cardio-metabolic diseases which result in increased morbidity and mortality. Several indices have been developed to predict cardio-metabolic diseases. This study evaluated the accuracy of such indices as the lipid accumulation product (LAP), viscer...

Objective: This study was done to determine the association between lipid levels and diabetic Indices in confirm patients of myocardial infarction with versus without diabetes mellitus type II. Methodology: Two hundred acute having ST-segment elevation II were enrolled. Lipid indices measured, correlations among them analyzed. Results: Positive found triglycerides fasting blood sugar, low densi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to investigate blood pressure (BP) levels and their association with different indices of body fat in adult Baniyas. DESIGN AND SETTING A cross-sectional survey was carried out on an endogamous group of 577 adults (307 females and 270 males) aged 25-60 years in Delhi, India. METHODS Data were collected for weight, height, waist circumference and blood pres...

Abstract Study Objectives Respiratory sleep indices are traditionally reported on the basis of average total time. The relationship between hour-to-hour variability these parameters and blood pressure (BP) has not been reported. Methods We evaluated associations apnea–hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen desaturation (ODI), lowest saturation with 24-hour ambulatory BP in patients hypertension newly dia...