Increase in serum alkaline phosphatase due to fatty meal in undergraduate students of Khyber Medical University, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of fatty meal on intestinal alkaline phosphatase.


METHODS
The cross-sectional study was conducted at Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan from March to April 2014 and comprised young healthy individuals 18-25 years of age. Whole blood samples were collected from the subjects in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid anti-coagulated and plane serum tubes. For blood group analysis, blood group anti sera were used, while for serum alkaline phosphatase, a chemistry analyser was used. Alkaline phosphatase levels in the blood before and after breakfast were compared.


RESULTS
Of the 177 subjects, there were 139(78.5%) men and 38(21.4%) women. Mean fasting alkaline phosphatise level was 144.22+/-75.57, while mean random value was 174.15+/-96.70 (p=0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
Serum alkaline phosphatise must be analysed in fasting state early in the morning.
Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad Jaseem
MJ
Khan
Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Basir
B
Ahmed
Serhad University of Sciences and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Saeed
S
Ahmed
Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Momin
M
Khan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
D004041:Dietary Fats; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase
Intestinal ALP, ABO, Fatty meal.