ABSTRACT
Between Nov: and Dec. 1990, [265] pregnant women attending maternal and child health centers in Baghdad were studied. Each subject was interviewed about food consumption during the previous 24 h. The nutrient intake was evaluated against the recommended dietary allowance [FAO/WHO]. The result showed that the apparent deficiencies were not prevalent among the women; in contrast this study revealed that iron deficiency anemia may be a substantial nutritional problem among female population
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Diet Surveys , FoodABSTRACT
Sixty obese subjects [both sexes] attending Nutrition Research Institute during 1983-1989, with an age range of 11-15 years, were retrospectively grouped into two dietary regimens, The first group following 800-900 kcal/day regimen, and the other following 1200-1500 kcal/day. The mean weight loss was 11.39 kg and 6.7 kg respectively. The results indicate that both regimens were medically safe, and produced suitable weight loss
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Humans , Male , Female , Body Weight , /diet therapy , Adolescent , Nutritional Sciences , Nutrition DisordersABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study of the heights and weights of Baghdad pre- school age children of 0-5 years was conducted during 1987-1989. The sample was 2398 subjects being 1219 male and 1179 females. On comparison with the data of NCHS/CDC reference population, using height for age and weight for height as a basic indices in terms of centiles and standard deviation [SD] scores. The results showed that weights of our children were much closer to the NCHS/CDC reference data, 59,58% falling above the 50th centile of the reference population. On the other hand, the Baghdad children were shorter than NCHS/ CDC reference children,47.73% falling below the 30th centile of the reference population
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Humans , Regression AnalysisABSTRACT
The effect of Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide vaccine on homozygous sicklers was studied. The bactericidal and opsonizing functions of the serum were measured by five indices: i. The viability index of S. Pneumoniae type 2 in 10% serum. ii. viability following ingestion by human neutrophils iii. overall viability in presence of serum and neutrophils iv. effect of neutrophils on extra-cellular bacterial survival and v. Phagocytic index. Five sickle sera defective in all of the five indices before vaccination were restored to normal function after the patients had received 14-valent pneumovaccine. The comparison of the prevaccination and postvaccination sera was done with pooled white serum as control. The effect of the antibody alone in the postvaccination serum remained low inspite of the normal restoration. The maximum effect on any of the five indices was exerted when both the antibody and the heat labile factors are present together in the serum
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Vaccines/chemical synthesisABSTRACT
Becaose of immunologica deficiency in the serum, patients with sickle cell anaemia [SCa] are especially susceptible to repeated pneumococcal infections and sepsis This study was done on sera from 12 homozygous sicklers who were not suffering from infection or crisis at time of study The sickle sera were compared individually with normal pooled serum from ten donors used as a control throughout this work. Both serum sources were used for opsonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 2 for their ingestion by human neutrophils, also for measuring the immunological deposition of C3 complement on the surface of the pneumococci Using the immunofluorescent anti C3 revealed no quantitative difference between the two serum groups in the amount of C3 deposited on the surface of the bacteria. However, the sickle sera mounted less opsonic function Than the pooled serum. This was through less ingestion ofpneumococci by human neutrophils when the sickle serum was used as a source of opsonization