The vitamin D status of residents of an old people’s home and long-stay patients was assessed by means of plasma 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OHD) estimations. The residents of the old people’s home had a higher mean plasma 25-OHD concentration than long-stay patients. Both groups had diets with vitamin D intakes of less than 2.5 μg (100 IU) per day and the conclusion is that solar exposure is the major determinant of the concentration of circulating 25-OHD.
Very little data exist about blood pressure levels in Indians although it is generally believed that they are lower than among Western peoples. There also seems to be an impression that hypertension is rarer among poor Eastern populations. This study was carried out on 1,132 persons of poor economic status and 224 persons of good social class in Delhi. The results showed some striking differences between the two groups and from Western figures. Factors influencing the blood pressure levels, such as age and body weight, were also evaluated. DURING the course of an investigation into the incidence of hypertension and atherosclerosis, dietary fat intake, and blood cholesterol levels in Delhi State,1 the blood pressures of a large number of persons of both urban and rural groups, totaling 1,132, were recorded. From these data it was possible to determine the range of normal blood pressures in Indians in Delhi in these social groups and to assess the incidence of hypertension in them. There have been very few studies on the blood pressure range in normal Indians in the past; the only previous large-scale study was that of Dubey.2 These data obtained in Delhi might fill a gap in our knowledge of blood pressure ranges in India.The definition of hypertension as given by the New York Heart Association 3 was accepted although it was realized that the levels of 140 mm. systolic and 90 mm. diastolic as normal were arbitrary and that wide variations from these figures were found in presumably normal subjects.4 A diagnosis of hypertension for purposes of calculating the incidence was made only after careful assessment of the blood pressure figures and other cardiovascular data such as the electrocardiogram, x-rays of the chest, and urinalysis. MATERIAL AND METHODSTwo types of population were studied:. Low-Socioecontomic Groups A. A large rural group of 648 persons, 267 men and 381 women.
Proximal muscle weakness is a common presentation in paediatric-orthopaedic clinics and is frequently paired with a vitamin D deficiency diagnosis. Recently, side effects of the extensive use of antiepileptic and antipsychotic drugs such as sodium valproate in childhood disorders are being documented. Sodium valproate causes a time-dependent, drug-induced proximal myopathy. We report a 13-year-old female patient who presented at the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India, in 2019 with an abnormal gait. The patient was taking a combination therapy of sodium valproate, risperidone and trihexyphenidyl for absence seizures and a mood disorder. Following clinical investigations, the patient was diagnosed with proximal myopathy. As a result of elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and creatine kinase myocardial band levels, sodium valproate was replaced with ethosuximide and a carnitine supplementation was prescribed. The patient fully recovered and regained full mobility. Proximal myopathy had been incorrectly managed and assumed to be caused by a vitamin D deficiency.Keywords: Muscle Weakness; Carnitine; Myopathy; Valproic Acid; Vitamin D Deficiency; Gait; Case Report; India.
Abstract:In this paper, method for discrimination of EMG signals is proposed. EMG signal is decomposed into set of narrow band signal using empirical mode decomposition (EMD) process known as intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). The features namely mean, standard deviation, variance and Entropy of the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) generated by EMD process is used to discrimination of myopathy, neuropathy, and healthyEMG signals. The statistical features of IMFs have provided better discrimination performance.
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