Publications by authors named "N A Ajeel"

Background: Dental caries and an impairment in visual acuity (VA) may both be caused by a variety of risk factors. Various conditions of the eye can appear as a consequence of overall inflammation and active dental caries.

Aim: The present study aims to assess dental caries and salivary status by measuring the transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) and flow rate between visually impaired students compared with students with normal vision.

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Aim: To determine the frequency of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among patients with type 2 diabetes in Basrah, Iraq.

Methods: Participants in this cross-sectional study were patients who had type 2 diabetes for at least 1 year, presenting at the Al-Faiha Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Center in Basrah (Southern Iraq) over the period from January to December 2008.

Results: The series included 1079 patients (58.

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Mortality data are essential to identify the public health importance of different diseases and allocate resources appropriately. This descriptive study was carried out to assess the pattern of mortality in Basra governorate in southern Iraq using the death records from the civil registry system for 2 years (1978 and 2007). The overall age-standardized mortality rate was lower in 2007 than 1978 (7.

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Background: There is growing interest in the effect of childbearing on the development of chronic medical conditions. In the present study we aim at seeing whether parity is associated with increased waist circumference (WC) and other anthropometric indices of obesity, or not, in a sample of Iraqi women.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted during the period from January 2006 to the end of December 2007.

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Cancer is a disease which shows significant variation with time and across geographical entities. In Basrah, Iraq, despite the widespread impression that cancer is increasing, researchers are not yet able to draw clear boundaries as to the extent of cancer and its determinants. In this paper, we make a start in that direction; the aim was to measure as accurately as possible the incidence of cancer (all types) in Basrah, to assess age specific incidence rates and to map the cases across different areas of the governorate.

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