Circulating Sclerostin and Irisin Are Related and Interact with Gender to Influence Adiposity in Adults with Prediabetes by Theerawut Klangjareonchai, Hataikarn Nimitphong, Sunee Saetung, Nuttapimon Bhirommuang, Rattanapan Samittarucksa, Suwannee Chanprasertyothin, Rattana Sudatip, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul

“…Fasting plasma samples were obtained for glycated hemoglobin, calcium, creatinine, serum sclerostin and irisin. …”
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Iron overload impact on peripheral blood cells, lymphocytes and karyotypes in newly diagnosed myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients: a single-center retrospective analysis by Lixiang Duan, Wenjun Yu, Xiaolin Jiao, Ying Sun, Yao Fang Ma, Le Li, Zeqiang Nie, Dan Zhao

“…We found that MDS patients with IOL had lower hemoglobin (Hb), lower reticulocyte (RET) counts, and lower absolute natural killer (NK) cell counts compared with NIOL group (p < 0.05). …”
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Integrated analysis of genetic, proteinic, and metabolomic alterations in Behcet’s disease by Yanlin Pu, Jing Liang, Yao Wang, Wanyun Zhang, Chuiren Zhou, Ju Shao, Jin Hu, Minghui Chen, Yunjie Shi, Yongdan Mao, Zhijun Chen

“…In this study, the results of binomial analysis showed that the circulating levels of 38 molecules, including interferon-γ and interleukin 17, were consistently upregulated, whereas high density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A, hemoglobin, and glutathione were consistently downregulated. …”
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The impact of serum testosterone level to reflect age-related multi-organ functions by Tomoya Shirakawa, Julius Fink, Zen-u Hotta, Yosuke Shimada, Yan Lu, Junhua Du, Kazuhito Matsushita, Satoshi Hori, Hisamitsu Ide, Shigeo Horie

“…A multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine whether biomarkers including hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), albumin (ALB), creatinine (Cre), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), glucose (Glu), C-reactive protein (CRP), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) values were associated with serum total testosterone concentration. …”
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Assessment of Haematological Parameters in Drug-Resistant TB by Abdulrazzaq Neamah Zghair

“…When compared to healthy controls, the values of hemoglobin and other blood indices were significantly lower or abnormal (p<0.05). …”
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A Smart Chatbot for Interactive Management in Beta Thalassemia Patients by Alma Mohammed Alturaiki, Haneen Reda Banjar, Ahmed Salleh Barefah, Salwa Abdulrahman Alnajjar, Salwa Hindawi

“…Background. β-thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin molecules owing to the reduction or absence of beta chains. …”
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Association between Neutrophilic Granulocyte Percentage and Diabetes Mellitus in Cushing’s Syndrome Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Haoyue Yuan, Xiaomu Li

“…As the NEUT% increased, a stepwise increase in glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level was observed. In addition, in the multivariate logistic regression, NEUT% was a significant independent risk factor for DM, regardless of gender, age, body mass index (BMI), and triglyceride and 12 midnight cortisol (12 MN cortisol) level (OR = 2.542, 95% CI 1.337–4.835, p<0.001). …”
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Ferritin Is a Marker of Inflammation rather than Iron Deficiency in Overweight and Obese People by Abidullah Khan, Wazir Muhammad Khan, Maimoona Ayub, Mohammad Humayun, Mohammad Haroon

“…Serum iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), transferrin saturation, ferritin, C-reactive protein, and hemoglobin (Hb) were measured for each participant and analyzed through SPSS version 16. …”
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Increased Oxidation as an Additional Mechanism Underlying Reduced Clot Permeability and Impaired Fibrinolysis in Type 2 Diabetes by Anna Lados-Krupa, Malgorzata Konieczynska, Artur Chmiel, Anetta Undas

“…We assessed plasma fibrin clot permeation (Ks, a measure of the pore size in fibrin networks) and clot lysis time induced by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (CLT) in 163 consecutive type 2 diabetic patients (92 men and 71 women) aged 65 ± 8.8 years with a mean glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) of 6.8%. We also measured oxidative stress markers, including nitrotyrosine, the soluble form of receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL), and advanced glycation end products (AGE). …”
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Evaluation of Irisin Level in Iraqi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Status as a Predictive Factor by Hiba Mohammed Hatem, Kadhim Khudhair Ghudhaib

“…The current study included 138 subjects divided into three groups based on fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glycosylated hemoglobin criteria, including T2DM, 46 patients, pre-diabetes, 46 participants, and healthy subject groups, 46 persons) when they enrolled in the National Diabetes Center/ Al-Mustansiriya University. …”
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STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF COPD PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TOGENDER: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Gökhan Perincek

“…The association of C-reactive protein (CRP), platelet, platelet distribution width (PDW), plateletcrit (PCT), hemoglobin, and hematocrit values with gender are also statistically significant (p=0.009, p=0.004, p=0.048, and p<0.001). …”
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Assessing the role of blood glucose levels on intraocular pressure during pre- and postprandial phase in diabetic patients by Pavana Acharya, C. V. Kavitha, P. K. Nayana, K. Sandeep, Rathod Vishakha Narayan, K. S. Anusha

“…Patients were divided into uncontrolled and controlled diabetes groups based on hemoglobin A1c levels, and IOP changes in pre- and postprandial phase were compared between these two groups. …”
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De Novo Atrial Fibrillation Increases Intra-hospital Mortality in Myocardial Infarction with ST Elevation? by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Hugo Cruz Inerarity, Enrique Toledo Rodríguez, Guillermo Quintana Cañizares

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, factors of coronary risk, history of ischemic heart disease, presence of atrial fibrillation, myocardial dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, number of thrombolyzed patients, success of thrombolysis, glycemia values, uric acid, creatinine, cholesterol, triacylglycerides, leukocytes and hemoglobin. For the statistical significance of the variables under study, the chi-squared test was used if they were qualitative and the student's t test for quantitative ones. …”
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Parasitological, Hematological, and Immunological Response of Experimentally Infected Sheep with Venezuelan Isolates of Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma equiperdum, and Trypanosoma... by Nereida Parra-Gimenez, Armando Reyna-Bello

“…Parasitemia and clinical parameters such as hematocrit, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and body temperature were measured. T. evansi caused a chronic disease with undulant parasitemia alternating with some cryptic periods of at least 54 days, with no clinical signs. …”
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Determinants of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months Living in Kilte Awulaelo Woreda, Northern Ethiopia by Gebremedhin Gebreegziabiher, Belachew Etana, Daniel Niggusie

“…Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors related to anemia. Result. The mean hemoglobin level was 11.48 g/dl and about 37.3% of children were anemic. …”
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Vaginal Preparation with Povidone Iodine and Postcesarean Infectious Morbidity: A Retrospective Trial by Esra Turgut Yavuz, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu, Fatma Devran Bıldırcın

“…There were no differences in age, height, weight, BMI, time of pregnancy, number of prior cesarean delivery, preoperative-postoperative time of staying in hospital, preoperative - postoperative hemoglobin values (p>0.05); there was only statistically significant difference in operating time (p<0.05). …”
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Serum Levels of VWF, t-PA, TNF-α, and ICAM-1 in Patients Receiving Hemocoagulase Combined with Platelet-Rich Plasma during Total Hip Replacement by Yaobin Huang, Bin Zhou, De Zhang, Yu Chen

“…The outcome measures including operation time, soft-tissue release, blood routine, drainage volume, perioperative blood loss, postoperative incision inflammation, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and range of motion (ROM) of the joint were recorded. Results. The hemoglobin and hematocrit values of the test group on the second postoperative day were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Alterations of Retinal Pigment Epithelium–Photoreceptor Complex in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Diabetic Retinopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zheren Xia, Hao Chen, Suilian Zheng

“…There were significant increases in the hemoglobin A1c value (P < 0.001) and mean thicknesses of the RPE–photoreceptor complex layer in the foveal area (P = 0.027) and paracentral area (P = 0.001) in the DM group compared to the control group, whereas the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers in the foveal and paracentral areas between the two groups showed no significant differences. …”
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Salivary Metabolomics of Well and Poorly Controlled Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes by Sompop Bencharit, James Carlson, Warren C. Byrd, Escher L. Howard-Williams, Jackson T. Seagroves, Susan McRitchie, John B. Buse, Susan Sumner

“…The concentrations of endogenous metabolites in saliva can be altered based on the systemic condition of the hosts and may, in theory, serve as a reflection of systemic disease progression. Hemoglobin A1C is used clinically to measure long-term average glycemic control. …”
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Pre-transfusion detection and transfusion therapy of a patient with autoanti-B and cold agglutinin by YANG Linyu, CHEN LI, LI Zhongjun

“…The blood transfusion effect of patients was evaluated by the changes of hemoglobin before and after transfusion, and their ABO blood group was continuously monitored. …”
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