Effectiveness of food supplement on treatment outcomes and quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis: Phased implementation approach.

Background: By encouraging treatment adherence and lowering mortality, dietary supplements can serve as adjuvant therapy for the success of medical interventions. We determined the effect of locally accessible food supplements on treatment outcomes, and health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis initiating anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in Odisha, India.

Method: Between September 2017 and December 2018, implementation research in patients with newly diagnosed sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis initiating ATT in five districts of the tribal belt of Odisha, offered food supplements along with ATT in a phased manner.

Magnitude of Anemia and Hematological Predictors among Children under 12 Years in Odisha, India.

Background. Anemia is a wide spread public health problem in India which affects children. The present study evaluates the prevalence of anemia and status of various hematological parameters among children of Khurda district, Odisha.

Fat-soluble antioxidant vitamins, iron overload and chronic malnutrition in β-thalassemia major.

Objective: To assess the antioxidant vitamins A (retinol) and E (α-tocopherol) levels, iron status and growth retardation in children with β-thalassemia major in Odisha, an eastern state of India.

Methods: Forty three children aged 1-15 y diagnosed with β-thalassemia major (28 males and 15 females) and 42 age-matched healthy controls (22 males and 20 females) were studied. β-thalassemia was detected by using Bio-rad variant assay.

Vitamin A status and hematological values in sickle cell disorder cases.

Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA), which is an inherited blood disorder characterized primarily by chronic anemia and oxidative stress plays a major role in pathophysiology.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate vitamin A (serum retinol) status and hematological parameters in children with homozygous and heterozygous sickle cell disorders and compared with age- and sex-matched healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: A sample of 80 referred cases (37 sickle cell disorders and 43 normal cases) aged 2-40 years were included in the study.

Influence of fish consumption on the distribution of serum cholesterol in lipoprotein fractions: comparative study among fish-consuming and non-fish-consuming populations.

The objective of this study was to investigate serum lipoprotein levels in order to assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors between fish-consuming populations and non-fish-consuming populations, as it has been speculated that fish intake reduces CVD risk. A representative sample of one thousand subjects (529 men and 471 women) were selected, with ages ranging from 20 to 70 years, from 40 villages belonging to fish-consuming (500) or non-fish-consuming (500) populations. Serum lipoprotein lipids such as total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were analysed biochemically using standard procedures.