ABSTRACT:Malnutrition results in the death of about 54 percent of all child death each year. From the time of birth of a children to the growing age nutrition and balanced diet is one of the major concerns of parents and the nutritionists. Many different ways are devised to assess the nutritional status of the child. One of the widely accepted tools is to measure the Body Mass Index (BMI) of child. BMI provides a non-interventional and easy method for early diagnosis of malnutrition. Objectives: To determine current dietary practices among school going children and highlight the health risks associated with abnormal BMI.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally:more people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause. An estimated 17.5 millionpeople died from CVDs in 2012, representing 31% of all global deaths. Although CVDs areuncommon entity in young patients, it constitutes significant health problem due to itsdyslipidemia cases and devastating effects on active life style of young patients, it is thereforeimportant to identify diseases in young that are associated with or a cause of dyslipidemia1.Hypothyroidism is an important cause of dyslipidemia in young that can significantly increasethe risk of CVDs2. Objectives: This study is designed “to determine frequency of dyslipidemiain young hypothyroid patients”. Place and duration of Study: Study conducted at MedicalOPD JPMC, Karachi (outpatient) in six months duration from 25th May 2009 to 24th November2009. Patients and Methods: Study is performed on 100 newly diagnosed cases of primaryhypothyroidism between ages 25 to 55 years, non-smokers, having no previous history ofIschemic Heart Disease (IHD) or family history of premature CVD, diabetes mellitus (DM), hepaticor renal disease, not on drugs which could alter serum lipids. Selected case undergone 14hours fasting lipid profile check. Results: Out of 100 hypothyroid cases, 91% had dyslipidemiawhich was directly proportional to severity of hypothyroidism. Out of 100 hypothyroid cases,95 (95%) were of young age group i-e from 25-49 years, and all of them were dyslipidemic,while 05 (5%) hypothyroid patients were of age group more than 50 years and none of themhad dyslipidemia. (0.00%) and this distribution of dyslipidemic in young hypothyroid patientsis statistically significant (p value 0.031) Conclusion: Hypothyroidism is associated with highfrequency of dyslipidemia in young patients which significantly predisposes them to risks ofCVDs.
Objectives: To determine the association of hyperuricemia with hypertension.Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Out-patient department ofFuji foundation hospital, Rawalpindi. The study conducted over a period of six months from 1stFebruary 2012 till 31st July 2012. Methodology: 268 patient were selected for study and dividedinto two groups on the basis of presence or absence of hypertension (group 1 comprisedof newly diagnosed hypertensive patients and group 2 comprised normotensive individuals).Each group comprised 134 patients fulfilling inclusion/ exclusion criteria. Serum uric acid levelswere checked and compared in both groups. Results: In hypertensive group, the minimumage was 20 years and the maximum age was 100 years with a mean age of 50.76. Minimumuric acid level was 193/literμmol and maximum uric acid level was 608 μmol/L with a mean of316.87. In non-hypertensive group, minimum age was 20 years and the maximum age was80 years with a mean age of 47.84. The minimum uric acid level was 125μmol /L and themaximum was 404μmol/L with a mean of 273.24. The P-value was 0.000 which means that thedifference between the two groups was statistically significant. Conclusion: There is statisticallysignificant association of hyperuricemia with hypertension. More studies are recommended toestablish this fact.
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