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Correlation Of Serum YKL-40 With Anthropometric Measurements And SpirometricIndices Between Healthy Individuals And As...
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Correlation Of Serum YKL-40 With Anthropometric Measurements And SpirometricIndices Between Healthy Individuals And As...
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
Objective: To correlate serum levels of YKL-40 with anthropometric measurements and spirometric indices betweennormal individuals and asthmatics.Methodology: The case control study was conducted inDepartment of Chest Medicine, JPMC, Karachi from the monthof August 2015 till March 2016. The study recruited sixty participants after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria;among those 30 were normal healthy individuals (PEF > 80% and pulse rate of 60 – 80 beats per minutes); while equalwere cases of mild to moderate asthma (PEF more than 50% and pulse rate of 100 – 120 beats per minutes) matched forage and gender. Vitallograph compacta and peak flow meter was used for spirometric indices. Moreover, anthropometricmeasurements were age, gender, weight (kg), height (m) and body mass index (kg/m2). Ykl-40 Elisa kit was used for serumYKL 40 levels. The data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 21 (IBM, Chicago, IL).Result: In co...
