Aim: To compare cardiovascular risk in microalbuminuric and normoalbuminuric type 2 diabetic patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), electrolytes, fasting plasma glucose, lipid profile and renal profile were determined in...
Introductory Concepts: Elevation of cardiac troponin I may be a marker of increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes such as left ventricular hypertrophy, congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease and reduced survival in asymptomatic CKD patients. Aim: To measure serum card...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/38087
Aim: To measure serum myoglobin concentration in stable patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who had not commenced hemodialysis and determine its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Renal Unit, Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/38064
Aim: To measure creatine kinase – myocardial band (CK-MB) concentration in stable patients with chronic kidney disease who had not commenced hemodialysis and determine its relationship with cardiac Troponin I and cardiovascular risk factors. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. P...
Aims: To determine the relationship between maternal hypothyroidism and preterm birth, neonatal low birth weight and neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27963
Introduction: This study concentrated on serum bone markers, N and C- telopeptide and tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), and their concentrations were evaluated in the serum of elderly participants and compared with that of the young of the same gender. Markers for bone...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1130535