BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND LIVER ENZYMES ACTIVITIES IN MALARIA PATIENTS IN OWERRI
J NNODIM, A OPARA, H NWANJO
Abstract
This study was done to determine the level of blood glucose and activities of liver enzymes; aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase(ALP) in patients with malaria. 100 confirmed malaria patients their age ranged between 10 – 20 years attending General Hospital Owerri were selected for the study.100 normal subjects age 10 - 20 years free from malaria were used as a control group. Patients with infections, catarrh and cough were excluded. The result showed that the blood glucose level significantly decreased (3.86 ± 0.15mmol/l) P. value < 0.05 in malaria subjects when compared with the control (5.68 ± 0.27mmol/l). Serum activities of aspartate aminotransferase (29.90 ± 5.82iu/l) and alanine aminotransferase (19.64 ± 3.11iu/l) were significantly higher P
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Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
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