Dietary patterns in stroke patients in Northwest India Mangat, Arshi; Grewal, Dilpreet; Kaur, Paramdeep ...
Nutritional neuroscience,
11/1/2013, 2013-Nov, 2013-11-00, 20131101, Letnik:
16, Številka:
6
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Objectives
Little is known about the dietary patterns among stroke patients in India. We explored the dietary patterns in stroke patients and attempted to correlate the dietary patterns with stroke ...characteristics.
Methods
This hospital-based study was carried out in a tertiary referral centre in Northwest India from March 2008 to September 2009. All first ever stroke (ischaemic and hemorrhagic) patients were interviewed by the dietician using an oral diet questionnaire. The demographic information and risk factors were noted and outcome was assessed after 30 days using modified Rankin scale (≤2 = good outcome).
Results
A total of 210 stroke patients were enrolled. The mean age was 60 ± 14 years and 126 (60%) patients were men. Hypertension (167 (79.5%)) was the major risk factor. All patients consumed cereals and beverages. Consumption of other food items in the diet were as follows: milk and milk products (203 (96.7%)), saturated fats (butter, butter oil, cream) (133 (63.3%)), bakery items (139 (66.2%)), fried snacks (116 (55.2%)), fruits (96 (45.7%)), and juices (20 (9.5%)). Large proportion of the patients (112 (53.6%)) consumed more food calories than recommended. Use of fried snacks was significant in patients who consumed alcohol (P = 0.03) and patients who had diabetes mellitus were more likely to use saturated fats (P = 0.01).
Discussion
Majority of the patients consumed milk and milk products. Fruits and juices were consumed by a small proportion of patients. Our results provide opportunities for stroke prevention by diet modification.
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DOBA, FSPLJ, IJS, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Background: Pathogens enter water via fecal contamination that can lead to severe and widespread human illness from drinking, swimming and bathing waters. However bottled water is supposed to be free ...from any microbial contamination. Aim: The present work evaluated the microbial level of six samples of bottled water collected from local market of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Materials and method: Six samples (Aquafina, Xalta, Bilseri, Kingfisher, Gallon , and Bailley) were analyzed for total viable count and coliform count. The serial dilution such as 10-2 was prepared for the study of microbial load. The pour plate method was employed for the estimation of microorganisms. The MPN method was employed for the detection of coliform. Results: The total viable count ranged from 1.0 x 102 to 16.78 x 102 TVC/ml. The average of three replicates were taken as recording. The coliform bacteria were not detected in any of the bottled water sample. It was however; found that total viable count of all bottled water samples was much higher than the IBWA standards. Conclusion: The microbial quality of bottled water samples were not appropriate as per IBWA as samples showed higher bacterial count which can further effect the health of the consumer.
