Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a disorder affecting large number of population in terms of their physical and psychological well-being. A large number of college drop outs are because of PMS. Aims and Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of presence of different symptoms of PMS and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) among medical college girls and its effect on their social and academic life. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in a medical college in 1
Background: Menstrual cycle is a physiological change that occurs in female subjects. The first menstruation of women is called menarche. The developmental status of a pubertal female can be assessed using this vital maturity indicator. The age of menarche is determined by number of factors such as general health, genetic factors, and socioeconomic and nutritional statuses. Aims and Objective: To find out the role of different dietary habit of vegetarian, eggetarian, and nonvegetarian on age at menarche and academic performance among young girls. Materials and Methods: The data were collected through personal interview technique using the especially structured questionnaire. The general profile, dietary habits, and menarcheal profile of the subjects were collected. The height and weight of the subjects were measured by standardized methods. The body mass index of the subjects were calculated and categorized accordingly. The academic performance of the girls was measured using the percentage marks obtained by the end of the academic year. Result: The nonvegetarian girls revealed early menarche and prolonged menstrual cycle and menses when compared with vegetarian and eggetarians counterparts, and they were more prone to overweight and obese. However, in academic performance nonvegetarian showed better performance than vegetarian and eggetarians. Conclusion: Our observation concludes that nonvegetarians was more prone to overweight and obese, early menarche, prolonged menstrual cycle and duration of menses, but better in academic performance than eggetarians and vegetarians, this change of normal menstrual pattern of young women may affect their well-being. Health education is needed about menstrual pattern. We recommend proper advice on diet and exercise, which will improve health, sense of well-being, and overall quality of life of the students.
Background:
Globalization has lead to such lifestyle changes which have produced increase
in incidence and prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Magnesium is found to have some
role in glucose metabolism. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum
magnesium levels with insulin resistance in apparently healthy adults.
Objective:
The objective of our study was to evaluate correlation of serum magnesium with fasting
blood sugar, insulin level and Homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index
(indicator of insulin resistance) on the basis of the hypothesis that subjects with hypomagnesaemia are
more prone to develop hyperglycemia and insulin resistance.
Materials and Methods:
The study was a cross-sectional study which was population based. Total 130
apparently healthy adults of age between 25-65 years, were recruited with prior ethical approval and
written informed consent.
Results:
Serum magnesium was found to be negatively correlated with fasting blood sugar (FBS), insulin
level and HOMA-IR. Co-relation of magnesium with FBS (r = -0.55, p<0.0001), insulin (r =
-0.45, p< 0.0001) and HOMA-IR (r = -0.52, p<0.0001) was significant.
Conclusion:
As per findings it was concluded that serum magnesium was found to have significant
negative correlation with fasting blood sugar (FBS), insulin and HOMA-IR, thus hypomagnesaemia
can be suggested to be one of the important predictor of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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