Association of Uroguanylin, Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference: Sex Differences and Obesity Implications among a Sample of Iraqi Adults in Baghdad City.

This research investigates the gender-specific associations of uroguanylin levels with various health-related parameters in Iraqi adults. The results revealed significant differences between genders in food style preferences and waist circumference (WC) risk. Notably, uroguanylin exhibited distinct correlations with low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), and WC in females and males, indicating potential gender-specific effects on lipid metabolism, glucose regulation, and adiposity.

Fasting glucose to leptin ratio as a new diagnostic marker in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: To identify the fasting glucose/leptin ratio as a new simple method for the detection of insulin resistance in Iraqi diabetes mellitus patients, and to examine its usefulness as a new marker for insulin resistance.

Methods: A case control study conducted at the National Diabetes Center, College of Medicine at Al-Mustansiryia University from 1 August 2008 to 30 January 2010. An enzyme spectrophotometric method was used to determine fasting glucose, while HPLC Technique determined leptin and insulin hormones in serum of patients with diabetes mellitus (n=61) and normal healthy subjects as controls (n=63).

Oxidative stress in recurrent pregnancy loss women.

Objective: To investigate biochemical changes in lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide, and vitamin E in recurrent pregnancy loss women, and compare these with healthy pregnant, and non-pregnant women.

Methods: A case control study was conducted from September 2008 to December 2009 at Al-Khadimiya Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. Ninety-six subjects were included in the study, 32 were patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), and 32 pregnant women in their third trimester, and another 32 non-pregnant women were used as controls.

Serum leptin and insulin hormone level in recurrent pregnancy loss.

Objective: To measure serum leptin and insulin levels in women with recurrent pregnancy loss using modified methods of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), and to examine their influence on recurrent loss at different pregnancy trimesters.

Methods: A case control study was conducted from, 1 September 2008 to 30 December 2009 in the Obstetric and Gynecological Department-Al-Khadimiya Teaching Hospital. HPLC technique with new modified method was used to estimate serum leptin and insulin hormones in samples of women with recurrent pregnancy loss (patients group, n=64) and healthy pregnant women at the end of the third gestational trimester as a control group (n=51).

Serum protein and prolactin as diagnostic markers.

Objective: To evaluate the use of serum prolactin and total protein as a tumor marker in diagnosing uterine fibroid(s).

Methods: A case control study was carried out from March 2004 to October 2005 at Al-Kharch Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Thirty-two patients with uterine fibroid(s) and 30 healthy normal women were involved in the study.

Prolactin receptors in uterine leiomyomas.

Objective: To identify the location of prolactin receptors in patients with uterine leiomyomas and their host myometrium as well as normal myometrium.

Methods: A case control study was conducted at the College of Medicine Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq during the period from 2004--2006. The samples were collected at Obstetrics and Gynecological Departments of 4 hospitals in Baghdad City (Al-Khadimiya Teaching Hospital, Al-Noor, Al-Kharch, and Al-Saadoon Hospital).