OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence of hypertension in a cohort of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. METHOD A follow-up study conducted among 1831 indigenous population aged 15 years and over without hypertension at baseline from 19 communities in North Queensland during 1997-2008. Main measurements included baseline and follow-up weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, ...

BACKGROUND Amyloidosis represents a group of different diseases characterized by extracellular accumulation of pathologic fibrillar proteins in various tissues and organs. Severe amyloid deposition in the liver parenchyma has extrahepatic involvement predominantly in the kidney or heart. We evaluated the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid, in four patients with severe hepatic amyloidosis of differe...

Benzene (BZ) is an organic solvent that can induce pathological disorders such as haematological disburbance and liver damage. Eulophia gracilis (EG) plant a medicinal orchid explored traditionally to treat myriads of ailments including anemia disease. The present study investigated the protective effect extract against Benzene-induced hepatotoxicity in haematologically disturbed rats. Male Wis...

OBJECTIVE This aim of the present study was to determine prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in healthy young persons admitted for annual medical check-ups. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted in a military hospital. Total of 254 healthy males were included and participants were divided into 2 groups according to presence and grade of NAFLD. Demographic data, bioch...

OBJECTIVE To identify the electrocardiographic changes and their associations with metabolic and electrolytic changes in female alcoholics. METHODS The study comprised 44 female alcoholics with no apparent physical disorder. They underwent the following examinations: conventional electrocardiography; serologic tests for syphilis, Chagas' disease, and hepatitis B and C viruses; urinary pregnan...

Aim: To compare diagnostic values and laboratory variables of alanine aminopeptidase (microsomale AAP), γ-glutamyl transferase (γ-GT), β2-microglobuline (β2-M), C Reactive Protein (CRP) and index for disease activity (PASI) in early diagnosis in previously untreated Psoriatic arthritis (Psa). To determine the effect of untreated Psoriatic arthritis on tubular function, sensitivity of the Brush ...

PURPOSE To define a possible metabolic and/or signaling role for Cys-Gly in glutathione homeostasis in bovine eye lenses. METHODS Bovine lenses were cultured up to 24 h in a medium containing 0.5 mM reduced glutathione (GSH) under different conditions. The intracellular and the extracellular contents of thiol compounds were evaluated using a free zone capillary electrophoresis method. RESUL...