results there was a significant increase (p < 0.05) in leptin levels on day 14 (12.75 + 5.8 ng/ml) and day 21 (12.91 + 3.2 ng/ml) for age group 18-30 years compared to day 14 (11.60 + 3.2 ng/ml) and day 21 (11.60 + 3.2 ng/ml) for age group 31-40 years. leptin was positively correlated with fsh on day 14, with lh on day 7 and day 21; likewise, with progesterone on day 21 and day 28 and with estr...

ObjectiveFew data exist concerning the rate of silent cerebral ischaemic events following endovascular treatment aortic arch. The objective this work was to quantify these lesions using STEP registry (NCT04489277).MethodsThis multicentre retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients treated with an endoprosthesis deployed in Ishimaru zone 0–3 and brain diffusion weighted magnetic res...

A follow-up study of coronary heart disease (CHD) was carried out among adults in Delhi 3 years after an initial community-based epidemiological survey of the same population. A total of 575 of the 814 cases of CHD detected clinically and by electrocardiogram (ECG) in the initial survey took part. On re-examination of the original cohort of 4151 adults who were free of CHD both clinically and b...

Radiation therapy (RT) for metastatic pelvic lymph nodes (PLNs) is not well established in cervical cancer. In this study the correlation between size of lymph nodes and control doses of RT was analyzed. Between January 2002 and December 2007, 245 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix treated with a combination of external beam irradiation with or without boost irradiation and hig...

An attempt was made to see the seropositivity and pattern of four common hepatotrophic viruses (HBV, HCV, HEV, HAV) in patients suspected to have been suffering from viral hepatitis. Blood samples from 2,995 cases of suspected HBV infection, 331 from HCV, 155 from HEV and 24 from HAV were tested for these viral markers. Of these a total of 245 (8.1%) were positive for HBsAg, 18 (5.4%) for HCV, ...

Total N of donation 30,868 23,674 N of individual donors 11,912 4,840 Median (IQR) N of donations per donor 2 (1–3) 4 (2–6) <0.001 Male : Female (%) 53 : 47 64 : 36 <0.001 Age, median (IQR) 37 (25–50) 41 (28–52) <0.001 N of VVRs (% of all donations) 108 (0.35) 245 (1.03) <0.001 N of donors with VVRs (% of all donors) 106 (0.89) 233 (4.81) <0.001 VVR rate by gender, ratio (%) Male (%) 54/16,454 ...

Background The spectrum of foreign bodies is various based on specific environment and eating habits in each area. This study was designed to identify the type of foreign bodies, associated symptoms and management of children with ingestion or aspiration of objects.   Materials and Methods</spa...

AIM To study the causes and significance of both microscopic and macroscopic haematuria in adult patients and assess possible relevance to early detection of urological cancers. METHODS 417 patients presenting with haematuria were assessed in our Urology Unit. Following confirmation of haematuria, these patients were subjected to imaging techniques and flexible cystoscopy. Parameters analysed...