Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease affects various organs of the body on a long-term basis. Studies have been conducted on different aspects of the disease, to understand its complications and to detect them earlier to avoid irreversible damage like neph...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i52B33614
Background: Metabolic syndrome is a group of metabolic abnormalities in which the chance of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease are high. Aim: It aims at studying the lipid abnormalities in metabolic syndrome patients. Methods: Total of 10...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1330596
Background: Hepcidin is known to be the central regulator of iron homeostasis in the body. It is up-regulated by inflammation and downregulated by anemia. CKD is a state of chronic inflammation seen in kidney. Previous work has shown that serum hepcidin levels were increased in p...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1230558
Hypothyroidism occurs when your body doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland that sits at the front of your neck. It releases hormones to help your body regulate and use energy. To this study compare Serum lipoprotein levels in hypo...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i23B31423
Serum transferrin saturation (TSAT%) ratio is a commonly used laboratory measure of iron deficiency and iron overload in clinical practice. It has become a first step in the routine screening of iron deficiency anaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease and for the de...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i23A31417
The study aims to determine the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in metabolic syndrome patients to find out the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the already diagnosed metabolic syndrome patients selected from the South Indian population. Find out t...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i22B31401
This study is taken up to estimate and compare the level of serum Lp(a) in hypothyroid patients and in healthy controls. A total of 50 hypothyroid patients within aged group 20-60 years and total of 50 healthy controls within 20-60 years were enrolled in the study after taking w...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1430601