Top Japanese sprinters were evaluated for their physical condition, autonomic function, blood chemistry, differential leukocyte count and blood lactate level before and after short, maximal exercise to explore methods of quantifying their conditioning level. Statistical analysis of data obtained before and 10 min after exercise were used to estimate the athletes’ autonomic capacity during recov...

Introduction: Steroid sex hormones influence every system of the body including the oral cavity. It influences the composition and flow rate of saliva. The aim was to estimate the changes in human whole salivary pH and salivary leukocyte count during the various phases of menstrual cycle. Materials and method: 30 female patients between 18-35 years were included in the study. They were free fro...

Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery, although it remains difficult to diagnose. Aim of this study is to investigate the supporting role of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The medical records of 241 patients who had undergone appendectomy between June 2013 and March 2014 were investigated retrospectively. Sixty patients...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of the inflammatory parameters--leukocyte count and fibrinogen level--to the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery and the common femoral artery, as well as to a variety of risk factors within the metabolic syndrome in a risk population for diabetes. METHODS A total of 597 subjects were analyzed from the Risk factors in Impaired gl...

In the present study, toxicity was developed by oral administration of AFB1 at a dose of (2μg/kg body weight) for 45 days in male mice. Curcuma longa (100 and 200 mg/kg body weight) and Curcumin (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight) were given individually and in combination with AFB1 for 45 days. At the end of 45 days, the blood samples were collected from various groups by heart puncture in eppendro...

This study was undertaken to clarify the effects of propofol on endotoxin-induced acute lung injury. Rabbits were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Each group received intravenous infusion of saline only, saline and Escherichia coli endotoxin, propofol (1 mg/kg bolus, then 5 mg/kg/hr) and endotoxin, or propofol (4 mg/kg bolus, then 20 mg/kg/hr) and endotoxin respectively. Infusion of sal...

Objective: To investigate leukocyte count, neutrophil percentage, Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet-Lymphocyte ratio (PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV), red cell distribution width (RDW), platelet distribution width (PDW) and CRP in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA). Materials and methods: A retrospective case-controlled study was designed in two groups. Ninety-seven patients co...

In semen, granulocytes are major producers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage sperm. The diagnosis of leukocytospermia is usually based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of 1 x 10(6) white blood cells per milliliter, but controversy remains over the minimum leukocyte level that impairs fertility. The goals of this study were to clarity the relationship between le...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks resistance training with different intensity on leukocyte count, IgG, cortisol and lactate concentration in untrained men. 24 untrained male (aged 23.67±1.71 years; height 176.04±5.82 cm; weight 70.78±6.66 kg and body fat 15.82±2.47 percent) were selected and randomly divided into three groups: high-intensity (80%1RM)(n=8), low-...

BACKGROUND Elevated platelet count is associated with risk of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients initiating chemotherapy. It is not known whether this risk by platelet count is causal or merely reflects the malignant disease. We investigated whether pre-cancer platelet count alone or together with high leukocyte count was associated with risk of venous thromboembolism in subjects who did...