A study of some biochemical tests in blood choosing the most useful diagnostic for rheumatic disease patients in ninevah governorate

Abstract EN

The research was concerned with haematological / biochemical studies in plasma and serum of rheumatic disease investigation for patients in Al-Salam General Hospital over the period starting from January 2007 till August 2007. The present study included (45) patients, their ages ranged between (30 to more than 50) years, also its included (20) blood samples from healthy persons with similar age groups as a control group.

The results showed that higher incident of the disease was in age group (30-40) and more than (50) years.

The ration of the male to female was (1 : 3).

Higher incident were found in low social classes.

The study also showed that (57.78 %) of patients were suffering from increasing weight (obesity).

The diagnostic investigations revealed that (60 %) of patients exhibited positive result for rheumatoid factor (RF) in comparison to control group.

It also showed that (62.2 %) of patients had positive result of C-reactive protein (CRP). The results predicted that erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Haemoglobin (Hb), Haematocrit (PCV) and some trace elements (Calcium, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper and Sodium) statistically showed significant differences with rheumatic disease patients, while potassium showed no significant difference.