Pakistan Physiological Society

Pakistan Journal of Physiology

Pak J Physiol 2018;14(2)

Recognised by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) in Category 'X'

Recognised by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)

p-ISSN 1819-270X, e-ISSN 2073-1183, IP/0034

Volume 14, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 2018)

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Supervisor as a change agent

Khadija Qamar

1

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Impact of paricalcitrol on inflammatory and anaemia markers in dialysis patients

Adil Manzoor, Khalid Alwadi, Ahmed Bhat

3

Association of cord hepcidin and iron parameters with maternal hepcidin, iron status markers and neonatal morphometrics

Tabinda Najeeb, Nargis Anjum

7

Comparison of contact lens hygiene compliance and self-management behaviours between medical and non-medical students

Sumera Nisar, Areeb Rehman, Shehanah Salem Alqhtani, Hiba Abdualrahman Alrowibah, Fatimah F. Mohammed, Hala Maed Alqahtani, Anfal Mohammed Aldulhum

11

Serum angiopoietin-1 as a biomarker of missed abortion

Maryam Rao, Shumaela Kanwal, Qanita Mahmud, Hamid J Qureshi, Sibgha Zulfiqar

15

Correlation of tumour necrosis factor with obesity induced insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Farhat Ijaz, Rana Khurram Aftab, Syed Muhammad Zubair, Rana Rakhshan Aftab

18

Happiness in patients with diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension

Nazia Iqbal, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Rabia Zonash

21

Co-existence of ciprofloxacin resistance in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical samples

Atif A. Patoli, Bushra B. Patoli, Zulifqar A. Laghari, Taj M. Maachi

24

Correlation of glycaemic control with severity and extent of periodontal status

Hassan Shahid, Sadia Hassan, Ujala Faisal

28

Frequency of depressive symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus

Yamina Nasir, Qudsia Umaira Khan

31

Comparison of arterial stiffness index and Tpe/QT ratio in normotensive, prehypertensive and hypertensive subjects

Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad Mazhar Hussain, Sadia Mubarak

34

Effect of age, gender and family type on care giving —a cross-sectional study on caregivers of schizophrenic patients

Neelam Ehsan, Nigar Johar, Muhammad Alamgir Khan

38

Sleep and academic performance

Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Siddiq Akbar, Rana Muhammad Khalid, Tehseen Iqbal

41

Impact of contextual learning on retention of knowledge

Maimoona Nasreen, Qasim M. Janjua, Qurrat-ul-ain Leghari, Samina Malik

43

Role of BCG in preventing childhood tuberculosis

Saima Gillani, Nasir Hussain Shah Kazmi, Muhammad Kamal

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Stress factors and their coping strategies amongst the students of Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College Muzaffarabad: a cross sectional study

Ayasha Mumtaz, Bushra Sherwani, Muhammad Shakil Sadiq, Sarosh Majid Salaria

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Guidelines for Authors

53

Obituaries: Ali Muhammad Soomro, Anwar Kamal

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