ABSTRACT
Height-weight relationship in young healthy Indian males (19-22 yrs.) has been established. It is concluded that the relationship of the form: log w = 1.18 + 0.35 h fits well to the data on height h (in metres) and weight w (in kilograms) for this group of subjects, the logarithm is taken to the base 10. The results of the present study show that Ehrenberg's equation of the form: log w = 0.8 h + 0.4 cannot be extended beyond the age of 18 years in young healthy Indian males.
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Adult , Body Height , Body Weight , Developing Countries , Humans , India , Male , Nutritional Status , Reference ValuesSubject(s)
Adult , Humans , Kidney/pathology , Nephrotic Syndrome/etiology , alpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencySubject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Body Height , Body Weight , Child , Humans , India , Male , Models, BiologicalABSTRACT
This paper presents regression equations for predicting some ventilatory 'norms' (viz. vital capacity, forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume for one second, expiratory reserve volume, inspiratory capacity and maximum voluntary ventilation) from physical characteristics of healthy Indian males. These equations have been constructed on the basis of multivariate regression analysis of the data of ventilatory 'norms' and physical characteristics collected on 171 healthy Indian males of age ranging from 21-69 years. Applications of these regression equations will be of practiced importance to biomedical scientists interested in the indirect assessment of ventilatory 'norms for a wider age range (21-69 years) which has not been covered by earlier studies carried out in this direction.
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Adult , Aged , Aging , Humans , India , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values , Respiratory Function TestsSubject(s)
Animals , Blood Glucose/analysis , Dogs , Female , Glucose Tolerance Test , Lipids/blood , Male , Pectins/pharmacologySubject(s)
Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Female , Heterozygote , Homozygote , Humans , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/blood , Male , Middle Aged , Tobacco Use Disorder/blood , alpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencySubject(s)
Adult , Female , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/metabolism , Humans , Male , alpha 1-Antitrypsin/metabolismSubject(s)
Acute Disease , Animals , Blood Pressure , Dogs , Electrocardiography , Heart Rate , Hypercalcemia/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Role of dietary fibre in lowering blood sugar levels has been studied in mongrel dogs. Pectin, wheat bran, guargum and Isabghol were fed with standard diet. Blood sugar levels were almost the same on 7th day (P less than .05). However, after 15 days pectin reduced blood sugar levels significantly (P less than .05), while other dietary fibre could not bring significant effect on blood sugar levels (P less than .05).
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Animals , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Dietary Fiber/pharmacology , Dogs , Female , Glucose Tolerance Test , MaleABSTRACT
Role of dietary fibre in lowering serum cholesterol has been studied in mongrel dogs. Pectin, wheat bra, guar gum and Isabghol were fed with standard diet. No statistically significant changes were found in serum cholesterol levels in any groug (P greater than .05) after one week. Later by 15th day, pectin reduced serum cholesterol significantly i.e. 12.4% (P less than .02). However, in groups being fed other forms of fibre the levels of serum cholesterol were reduced by 3.8% to 7.0