Publications by authors named "Zulfiqar Ali Laghari"
Objectives: To assess the demographic and dietary factors associated with the prevalence of anaemia in multi-ethnic urban settings.
Methods: The cross-sectional community-based survey study was conducted from August 2020 to May 2021 in Karachi East district, and comprised healthy adults of either gender aged 20-60 years. Data was collected using a pretested questionnaire.
Objective: To explore the prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with stunting and thinness in adolescent females.
Methods: The survey-based cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected schools of the Kotri Taulka of Jamshoro District in Sindh, Pakistan, from October to December 2019, and comprised healthy female adolescents aged 10-19 years. Data about demographic and anthropometric factors was collected using a pre-tested questionnaire.
Background: The World Health Organization has identified vaccine hesitancy among one of the top 10 threats to global health. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global health with higher morbidities and mortality rates. Reducing vaccine hesitancy could achieve immunization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition in children aged <5 years, and find out the risk factors associated with malnutrition in a rural setting.
Methods: The survey-based cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2017 to March 2018 in four Tehsils of district Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan, and comprised children of either gender aged <5 years who were randomly selected and assessed for weight and height using the World Health Organisation Anthro-2007 tool to obtain Z-score. Data was analysed using SPPS Version 18.
Objective: To analyse the correlation of dietary factors with haemoglobin concentration and body mass index.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shaheed Benazirabad district of the Sindh province in Pakistan from September 2015 to April 2016, and comprised students randomly selected from government schools. Data concerning dietary intake, such as meat, milk, egg and fruits, was noted.
In Pakistan, viral hepatitis is a serious public health problem affecting millions of people. Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections are spreading rapidly in all provinces of Pakistan, including Sindh, because of lack of knowledge about routes of transmission, low literacy rate, reuse of syringes, piercing, and other factors. However, information about the prevalence and risk factors is inadequate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess association of Body mass index (BMI) on respiratory parameters by performing spirometry in apparently healthy adults living in the district Jamshoro and Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Physiology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan from January to September 2015. A total of 180 underweight, normal, overweight and obese participants, aged between 18 to 40 years were included in the study.
Article Synopsis
- Formation of the organizer is crucial for vertebrate development, helping to establish the central nervous system (CNS) and dorsal-ventral axis through signals from Nodal and Wnt pathways.
- Sox3, a transcription factor, plays a key role by repressing processes that lead to organizer formation, particularly in regions where it is strongly expressed in zebrafish.
- The study demonstrates that Sox3's inhibition can lead to ectopic expression of organizer genes, resulting in duplicated body axes, suggesting that SoxB1 genes like Sox3 and Sox19b regulate the timing and location of organizer formation.