The clinical definition of male infertility is the presence of abnormal semen parameters in the male partner of a couple who have been unable to conceive after 1 year of unprotected intercourse (Dohle 2010). The World Health Organization defines male factor infertility as the presence of one or more abnormalities in the semen analysis, or the presence of inadequate sexual or ejaculatory functio...

Aims: To study the significance of serum ascites lipid gradient (SALG) for total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and VLDL cholesterol in differentiation of ascites due to cirrhosis of liver and ascites due to malignancy and tuberculosis. Material and methods: A study on 50 patients admitted at R.N.T. Medical college and MBG Hospital Udaipur admitted with ascites was ...

Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) is a common genetic lipid disorder with a frequency of 1-2% in the population. In addition to the hypercholesterolemia and/or hypertriglyceridemia that affected individuals exhibit, small, dense LDL particles and decreased HDL-cholesterol levels are traits frequently associated with FCH. Recently, we reported that families with FCH and families enriched fo...

Asian Indians have unusually high rates of coronary artery disease. Small low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle predominance (phenotype B) is associated with a fourfold atherogenic risk. This study examined the accuracy of a triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) ratio of > or =3.8 (determined from the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines, normal triglycerides <150 mg/dl and H...

background: unstable angina and myocardial infarction are developed due to atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. at present, cholestrol, triglyceride, and lipoproteins are the most common risk factors of death. the purpose of this study was to assess the serum levels of lp (a), ldl-c, vldl-c, hdl-c in cases of unstable angina and myocardial infarction.methods: this study was conducted to compar...

In more than half of infertile men, the cause of their infertility is unknown. Several studies revealed the role of viral infections in male infertility. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in semen from asymptomatic infertile male patients, and its association with altered semen parameters. A total of 70 semen samples were co...

Semen analysis is the corner stone of infertility evaluation as it provides information on the functional status of the seminiferous tubules, epididymis and accessory sex glands. The methods on how the human semen should be evaluated are provided by the World Health Organization, which periodically releases manuals that include specific protocols and reference standards. In 2010, the WHO publis...

BACKGROUND Prescription of antioxidants might increase the quality of sperm parameters and improve the rate of pregnancy in obese people who suffer from infertility. Therefore, the present study investigated protective effects of vitamin A, E and astaxanthin on sperm parameters and seminiferous tubules epithelium in high-fat diet model. METHODS Thirty-six numbers of 3 months old albino Wistar...

regarding the high prevalence of hyperlipidaemia, which is one of the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease, and uncertain reports about the relation between periodontal disease and serum lipid profile, this study was conducted to assess this relation. the historical cohort study was conducted on 52 cases including 26 persons with chronic periodontitis as case group, and 26 healthy subje...

a dummy variable technique that allows simultaneous study of subgroup combinations from the placebo and treatment groups. Medwxs and Results. In the placebo group (n=2,045), the low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)/high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio was the best single predictor ofcardiac events. This ratio in combination with the serum triglyceride level revealed a high-...