SummaryTo assess the prognostic significance of clinical and laboratory findings in intermittent claudication a group of 62 untreated patients was followed up in detail for periods of from one to three years. There was a significant correlation between progressive deterioration of the peripheral circulatory disturbance and the initial blood viscosity, the plasma fibrinogen level, and the susceptibility of red cell lipids to autoxidation.
IntroductionWe recently reviewed the clinical, haemodynamic, rheological, and biochemical findings in 126 patients with intermittent claudication . Sixty-two of these patients have now been followed up for periods of from one to three years. During this time all were assessed clinically and had their baseline investigations repeated at regular intervals of one or two months. We here consider the prognostic significance of our initial findings in the light of the patients' subsequent progress.
The range of protein in the oil‐free meal and oil in 20 exotic varieties of sesame ranged from 45.0 to 53.7% and 42.2 to 52.1%, respectively; while in 26 local varieties, the ranges were 45.0 to 60.0% and 41.3 to 49.6%. The fatty acid composition showed only small variability. The local types have higher linoleic acid and lower oleic acid amounts than those of the introduced varieties. The amino acid levels of oil‐free sesame meal prepared from both introduced and local varieties were examined. Nearly twofold variations in the limiting amino acids (lysine, isoleucine, methionine, threonine, and valine) were found. Utilization of these variations in amino acid composition should assist the development of sesame protein of improved quality.
Urolithiasis is a very frequent finding in the Sudan, but stone analysis is not routinely performed in this country. It would, however, give important evidence for the metabolic basis of stone formation. We therefore set out to analyze urinary stones in 80 Sudanese patients (45 male, 35 female), 12 of whom where children. Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy was used for stone analysis. As is known from other countries, calcium oxalate (CaOx) stones were the most frequent, with 68.7% of all stones in adults and 43.7% of childhood stones. Uric acid and uric acid dihydrate stones were more often seen in adults (13.2%) than in children (4.1%). Ammonium urate stones are common in the Sudan, especially in children (32.9%), which is typical for underdeveloped countries. Infectious stones (struvite and carbonate apatite) were more often found in women (7.0%) and in children (5.3%) than in men (1.4%). Brushite stones were seldom seen and cystine stones did not occur.
Seventy-eight urinary stones from the Sudan were analysed quantitatively; 75.6% of upper urinary tract (UUT) stones and 37.8% of lower tract (LUT) stones were composed of pure calcium oxalate monohydrate. The composition of adult UUT stones in the Sudan is almost identical to that of similar stones from Leeds except that the former contain much more calcium oxalate and much less calcium phosphate. A smaller proportion of adult LUT stones from the Sudan contain magnesium ammonium phosphate and a larger proportion contain uric acid/urate than similar stones from Leeds. Juvenile LUT stones from the Sudan probably contain more calcium oxalate and less uric acid/urate than juvenile bladder stones in some other developing countries.
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