Context: Studies have identified that concurrent administration of methionine and acetaminophen (paracetamol) prevents tissue damage and both methionine and acetaminophen at high doses can induce oxidative stress. Antioxidants mediate against oxidative stress. Moreover, folic aci...
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a major global health concern, and its complication, diabetic nephropathy (DN), remains a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and death worldwide. In Nigeria, the burden of DN is worsened by poor healthcare access, late diagnosis, and limited...
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Research Article10.9734/ijanr/2026/v9i188
Aims: To explore the association between vitamin D status and anthropometric and bioimpedance parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic controls’. Study Design: This is a case-control study involving 64 T2DM patients and 56 non-diabetics. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i61240
BMI percentile is a good index of nutritional status among pediatric patients. Yet there is a dearth of information about the relationship between this important anthropometric parameter and specific severity indices among pediatric patients. The study is designed to explore the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i61035
Background: Myocardial infarction may go undetected as a catastrophic event leading to hemodynamic deterioration and sudden death. The role of cardiac makers in the prompt diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction AMI has been established especially in patient presenting with clin...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4515
Background: Deficiencies of micronutrients (especially vitamins C, A, and E) during intra-uterine life have been linked with the possibility of increased risk of some diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes) in adulthood. Aims: Therefore, it becomes expedient th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrimps/2024/v13i1242
Purpose: Earlier on, it was reported that altered hepato-renal parameters and depletions of some nutrients co-existed at third trimester among the study participants. Yet the role low levels of nutrients played in altered hepato-renal axis (i.e. a possible association between the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1324
Purpose: Nutritional status, before and during pregnancy, is a strong determinant of health outcomes in the mother and newborn, and can affect the foetal structure, physiology and metabolism. Maternal health, hepato-renal function, as well as calcium and magnesium levels during p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2022/v11i430272