Background: Current studies have suggested a close link between nesfatin-1, an appetite-related neuropeptide and gonadal hormones. Objectives:We investigated the association between nesfatin-1 serum level and erectile dysfunction severity in men with diabetes as well as the generalized anxiety disorder-7 questionnaire, the patient health questionnaire-9, serum testosterone, kidney and liver functions, glycated haemoglobin and lipid profile. Materials and methods:Seventy-five participants between 30 and 60 years were enrolled, 25 erectile dysfunction patients with type 2 diabetes (group I), 21 with diabetes and preserved erectile function (group II) and 29 healthy controls (group III).Erectile dysfunction status and severity were determined by the Arabic version of the international index of erectile function-5 for all the participants. Psychological wellbeing was checked by the generalized anxiety disorder-7 questionnaire and the patient health questionnaire-9. Finally, participants were evaluated for serum nesfatin-1, serum testosterone, kidney and liver functions, glycated haemoglobin and lipid profile.Results: Serum nesfatin-1 levels were significantly lower in groups I and II compared to the controls. The international index of erectile function-5 scores had shown significant correlations with serum nesfatin-1, serum testosterone, generalized anxiety disorder-7, patient health questionnaire-9, diastolic blood pressure, glycated haemoglobin, triglycerides, creatinine and albumin/creatinine ratio. Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that serum nesfatin-1 ≥ 0.62 ng/ml, serum testosterone ≥2.9 ng/ml, generalized anxiety disorder-7 score ≥7.5, patient health questionnaire-9 score ≥5, glycated hemoglobin ≥6.4%, triglycerides ≥ 144 mg/dl,
The goal of this study is to Correlate between Vitamin D receptor polymorphism (FOKI) and lupus nephritis. Eighty subjects were included in this study. They were divided into two groups as follows: Control group: consisted of twenty apparently healthy volunteers of comparable age and socioeconomic status to the patients group. Patients group: consisted of sixty patients with SLE.They were selected from the Internal Medicine departement and Rheumatology out patient clinic of Beni-suef University hospital. In this study, Regarding CBC changes ,The prevalence of thrombocytopenia and lymphopenia was significantly higher among SLE patients compared to our controls, However the prevalence of lymphopenia and leucopenia was significantly higher among SLE patients with GG genotype compared to SLE patients with AG and AA mutants ,Regarding liver function tests, The mean serum Albumin level was significantly lower among SLE patients compared to controls .Antinuclear antibody titre was significantly higher among SLE patients than controls ,Also Anti Ds DNA is represented in SLE patients in ahigh titre than healthy controls ,Furthermore, All SLE patients with GG genotypes had positive Anti Ds DNA( 100%) compared to SLE patients with AG ( 0,0) and AA ( 0,0) mutants. It is recommended to carry out further studies on FOKI gene polymorphisms in larger groups of patients and controls.
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