Level of C-reactive Protein in Obese and Overweight Individuals at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences: A Tertiary Care Center of Bihar

Introduction: Human adipose tissue releases interleukin-6 which is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that causes low-grade systemicinflammation. Acute-phase C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker for systemic inflammation. Low-grade systemicinflammation in overweight and obese can be measured by serum CRP level.Objective: The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of raised serum CRP level among the obese and overweightperson.Materials and Methods: Overweight and obese persons were screened for raised CRP (≥3.0 mg/L) after excluding comorbidity.Results: The prevalence of raised CRP among obese and overweight is 23%, the female has higher prevalence of 25.45% ascompared to male 20%. The prevalence among overweight and obese participants is 18.88% and 60%, respectively.Conclusions: The finding suggest a higher prevalence of low-grade systemic inflammation in obese as compared to anoverweight person.

Diabetes Prediction Using Ensemble Classifier

Diabetes is one of the impactful diseases that affect humans’ health rigorously. Early diagnosis of diabetes will assist health caresystems to decide and act according to counter measures. This paper focuses on obtaining an automated tool that will predictdiabetic tendency of a patient. The system proposed by this paper contains two ensemble classifiers- Voting ensemble classifierand Stacking Ensemble classifier. Both of these methods exhibits better results while compared to other classifiers. Stackingensemble classifier even performs better than voting ensemble classifier with an accuracy of 79.87%.

Relevance of Routine Blood Pressure Associated Among Dental Patients in Patna, Bihar

Background: Hypertension goes undetected due to absenceof sign and symptoms. Hence, it is often called the ‘silent killer’.The purpose of the present study was to determine therelevance of routine blood pressure associated among dentalpatients in Patna, Bihar.Materials and Methods: This study was conducted among 40patients of age 35-50 years over an period of 12 months.Relevant clinical history was taken. Trained dental personnel,using a standard mercury sphygmomanometer measured theBP. Patients who were found to have elevated BP of ≥ 140/90mm Hg, had their BP re-checked to confirm the elevated BPafter resting for 2 to 5 minutes. Patients were categorized intoStage 1 hypertension: clinic BP is 140/90 to 160/100 mm Hg.Stage 2 hypertension: clinic BP is 160/100 to 180/110 mm Hg.Severe hypertension: clinic systolic BP is 180 mm Hg or higheror clinic diastolic BP is 110 mm Hg or higher. Statisticalanalysis was done by using SPSS, version 22 (SPSS, Inc.,Chicago, IL) and p<0.05 was considered statisticallysignificant.Results: This total male population in the study was 22 and 18were female participants. On the basis of stage of hypertensionall the participants are equally distributed. 12 were male and 7were female of age group 31-40 years old. 10 were males and11 were females of age group 41-50 years old. In prehypersensitive stage, hypersensitive stage I and hypersensitivestage II males were having more systolic and diastolic bloodpressure than females whereas in severe hypertensionfemales were having more systolic and diastolic blood pressurethan males. Males were having higher hypertension thanfemales in age group 31-40 years age group but in age group41-50 females were having higher hypertension.Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension is increasing withage in both men and women Therefore, our study recommendsthat regular checkup of blood pressure must be initiated so thatremedial measure can be initiated as early as possible.