Socio-Economic Factors of Differences in Public Health-Related Variables among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study examines the association of living areas (slum and non-slum) with the selected public health-related variables in the presence of socioeconomic variables among married women and also having a child. A total of 150 women aged 18 to 49 are selected of which 50 women from slums and 100 women are from non-slum areas of Multan by applying the cluster and random sampling techniques. The cross-tabulation method is used to find the results. The dependent variable is Body Mass Index (BMI) and it is analyzed with the socio-economic variables such as mass media index, household characteristics and education. The findings exhibit that the BMI of the women living in the slum areas is low due to a low level of education, lack of mass media access, bad household structures, and poor or ignorant area. The women of the slum area have fewer mass media access, poor status of household characteristics and less education as compared to the women living in the non-slum areas. BMI is significantly affected by area, women's education and household characteristics except for physical work, job status, mass media access and husband education. The findings of this study suggest that to provide health facilities or to reduce the gap in public health, education, mass media access and households characteristics might be considered while making any decision related to the slum and non-slum areas.

Toxic Effects of Pregabalin and its Derivatives on Liver and Kidney by Using Rat Model

Drugs contain the different component with different dosage concentration and some of them cause the toxicity in liver and kidney. In current study, male wistar rats were divided into three groups and kept in the animal house of the University of Health Sciences Lahore under standard conditions. Group I was serve as control while Group II and III had given by benzaldehyde and salicyldehyde derivative of pregabalin for 28 days, respectively. The behavioral changes, body weight and eating habits were remained same in all groups. There was not mortality rate occur in all groups. After sacrificing the animals, it was observed that there is not morphological and gross change in the color and texture of the liver and kidney. Hematological analysis has not showed the any significant difference in leukocyte count and MCV, platelet count, hemoglobin concentration (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), erythrocyte count, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). Biochemical analysis showed the elevation in AST and creatinine while the vales of bilirubin, BUN and ALT remain normal.