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Renal echotextural changes in Nigerian workers chronically exposed to petroleum-based liquid fuels Cover

Renal echotextural changes in Nigerian workers chronically exposed to petroleum-based liquid fuels

Journal of Ultrasonography
Volume 20 (2020): Issue 80 (January 2020)
By: Angel-Mary C. Anakwue,  Felicitas U. Idigo and  Raphael C. Anakwue  
Open Access
|Mar 2020

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Sonograms showing different renal echogenicity. A. Normal renal echogenicity with good sinoparenchymal differentiation. B. Mildly echogenic kidneys. The increase in parenchymal echogenicity is the same as the hepatic echogenicity. C. Marked alteration in echogenicity. Parenchymal echogenicity is almost equal to that of the central echo complex leading to generalized parenchymal abnormality with complete loss of sinoparenchymal differentiation
Sonograms showing different renal echogenicity. A. Normal renal echogenicity with good sinoparenchymal differentiation. B. Mildly echogenic kidneys. The increase in parenchymal echogenicity is the same as the hepatic echogenicity. C. Marked alteration in echogenicity. Parenchymal echogenicity is almost equal to that of the central echo complex leading to generalized parenchymal abnormality with complete loss of sinoparenchymal differentiation

Demographic characteristics of the study group vs controls

ParameterExposed N = 415Unexposed N = 415P-value of unpaired t-test at 0.05 level of significance
Age (years) 38 ± 1237 ± 110.2420
Exposure duration (years) 11 ± 7.211 ± 7.20.5025
Height (m) 17 ± 0.0581.7 ± 0.0530.3312
Weight (kg) 68 ± 6.6068 ± 5.900.3470
BMI 22.83 ± 1.27222.69 ± 1.1990.2289

Degree of kidney echotextural alterations in the subjects vs controls

CategoryNormal echotextureMild alterationModerate alterationMarked alterationTotal
Exposed 3941641415
Unexposed 410500415
Total 8042141830

Kidney echogenicity in chronically exposed workers and comparison with their control

CategoryKidney echogenicity NormalKidney echogenicity AbnormalTotal
Exposed 39421415
Unexposed 4105415
Total 80426830

Urea and creatinine levels in exposed workers vs controls

ParameterExposedUnexposedReference rangeP-value of unpaired t-test at 0.05 level of significance
Urea 15 ± 3.712 ± 3.87-23 mg/dL<0.0001****
Creatinine 1.1 ± 0.180.93 ± 0.150.7-1.5 mg/dL<0.0001****
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0004 | Journal eISSN: 2451-070X | Journal ISSN: 2084-8404
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Language: English
Page range: 18 - 23
Submitted on: Jan 9, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 9, 2020
Published on: Mar 31, 2020
Published by: MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS Sp. z o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
renal echotextural changes,
ultrasound,
exposure,
petroleum-based liquid fuels
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2020 Angel-Mary C. Anakwue, Felicitas U. Idigo, Raphael C. Anakwue, published by MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS Sp. z o.o.
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