The Effect of Age and Sex on Vitreous Humour Chemistry and Postmortem Interval (PMI)
| Autor: | F B C Okoye, O Azuonwu, Ebiere Ne, Agoro Es |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Vitreous humour genetic structures Chemistry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 010401 analytical chemistry Biology Toxicology Age and sex 01 natural sciences eye diseases 0104 chemical sciences Pathology and Forensic Medicine Age and gender 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Ophthalmology medicine sense organs 030216 legal & forensic medicine Law Total protein |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. 11:173 |
| ISSN: | 0973-9130 0973-9122 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00091.3 |
| Popis: | Vitreous humor is an inert, transparent, jelly like substance that fills the posterior four fifths of the cavity of eyeball which offers shape to the eye. Vitreous humour were collected from the eyes of 50 dead bodies (28 males and 22 females) at the Federal Medical Center Yenagoa morgue. The vitreous supernatant was analyzed for glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, urea and creatinine using WHO certified methods. SPSS 18–21 and Excel Microsoft were employed for data analysis. The level of the studied vitreous biochemical parameters were not significant (P>0.05) based on gender, age and PMI comparisons. Also, there was no correlation between PMI and genders on one hand, and PMI and age on another hand. In conclusion, it is suggestive that gender and age does not have any overt effect on PMI and studied vitreous postmortem chemistry parameters. Hence, age and gender should be a factor in forensic investigations and jurisprudence. |
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