March 2015
Effect of some traditional edible oils on sex hormones of albino Wistar rats
The effect of some traditionally extracted edible seed oils (sesame, peanut and melon oils) on some sex hormones - prolactin, progesterone, testosterone, estradiol, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) of albino Wistar rats was studied. Sixty (30 - 50 g) weanling rats (20 males and 40 females) were purchased and housed separately until they weighed 120 to 150 g. Afterwards, the rats were...
March 2015
Plasma lipid profile including the high density lipoprotein (HDL) subclasses in hypertensive patients in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The study was undertaken to evaluate the interest of cholesterol subclasses in the management of hypertensive patients recruited at University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, West Africa). The distribution of hypertensive was reported as 45 (35.4%) without complications, 42 (33%) with cardiovascular complications and 40 (31.4%) with diabetes. Any difference in lipids profile was observed when...
March 2015
Diabetes and pre-diabetes in adult Nigerians: Prevalence, and correlations of blood glucose concentrations with measures of obesity
The quantification of the number of people with diabetes is an important factor that allows for effective planning and distribution of scarce resources for the management of diabetes. This study therefore investigated the prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in a convenient population of adults in Umudike, a semi-urban town in South-East Nigeria. The relationship between measures of obesity and blood...
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