introduction: fasting during ramadan is a religious obligation for healthy adult muslims. this study aimed to investigate the effects of ramadan fasting and physical activity on blood hematological and biochemical parameters in male and female subjects. methods: in this study, 50 healthy subjects were randomly assigned to four groups: male control fasting (mcf) group (n=13), male training fasti...

background non-organic failure to thrive (nftt) is the most common cause of failure to thrive (ftt) which is attributed to inadequate nutrition due to economic factors or parental neglect. nftt can lead to a vicious cycle of poor and inadequate eating and severity of anemia. the aim of this study was to determine the hematological indices in children with nftt. materials and methods in a cross ...

Objective. This study is aimed at evaluating the effects of gingivitis on white blood cell count and certain hematological indices of pregnant women in their first, second, and third trimesters. Material and methods. General, oral and dental health status examinations were performed on 86 pregnant women, aged between 17 and 37 years (mean age = 25.0 ± 0.5 years), in their first, second, and thi...

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...

BACKGROUND Determination of the hematological indices is a useful prognostic laboratory investigation in the cancer research. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (LNR), red cell distribution width (RDW) and the platelet distribution width (PDW) are useful markers for the prediction and the prognosis of breast cancer. The aims of this study were to assess the hematological indices in breast cance...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is (DM) a global public health problem and a complex disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that leads to long-term macrovascular and microvascular complications. Recent studies have reported the role of hematological indices in contributing to the vascular injury in diabetic patients. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine hematological indices and th...