Background: Albumin: creatinine ratio is used to assess chronic renal damage while the status of Antioxidant vitamins could be compromised in chronic renal failure patients.
Objective: To assess the levels of Antioxidant vitamins and Albumin creatinine ratio, in patients with chronic renal failure. (CRF) METHODS.
Niger Postgrad Med J
September 2012
Aims And Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the effect of plasma high sensitivity C-reactive protein (HsCRP) levels on hypertensive and apparently healthy normotensive Nigerians in the management of hypertension. This is a preliminary study; a study involving larger numbers of normotensives and hypertensives is in progress.
Subjects And Methods: Plasma C-reactive protein level was determined in 150 hypertensive patients mean age 46.
Arch Gynecol Obstet
September 2011
Purpose: Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) is a leading cause of preterm births. Its attendant contribution to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality makes it imperative to identify factors that may help prevent this condition. This study examined the association between plasma vitamin C concentration and the risk of (PPROM) amongst pregnant women in a tertiary hospital setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The oxidative modification hypothesis of atherosclerosis predicts that low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation is an early event in atherosclerosis and that oxidized LDL-C contributes to atherogenesis
Objective: To determine a link, if any, between the plasma lipid peroxidation and total antioxidant status (TAS) among dyslipidemic and hypertensive Nigerian patients with high risk of coronary heart disease.
Methods: The study groups comprised 58 hypertensive adult Nigerians whose fasting plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels were > 5.5 mmol/L and with high risk coronary heart disease (CHD) lipid fraction i.
Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effect of HIV-1 infection and its progression on lipid profiles, acute-phase proteins and to determine which of the parameters may serve as an early indicator of the progression of HIV infection.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on sixty-two HIV-1 infected subjects attending HIV clinic, the patients consisted of 29 males and 33 females aged between 20-60 years (mean age 31+/- 7 years) who were screened for HIV-1 by ELISA test. Absolute CD4+ T lymphocyte was counted and HIV infected individuals were classified according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Criteria; CD4+ counts e"500/mm3 (asymptomatic), CD4+ counts 200-499/mm3 (symptomatic) and CD4+ counts d"199/mm3 (symptomatic) with full blown AIDS.