Relationship between Cholesterol Level and Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Case-Control Study in Bangladesh.

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. Genetic factors play an important role in this disease. Among the non-genetic causes cholesterol level is one of the risk factors. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between ICH (Intracerebral hemorrhage) and cholesterol level as well as to find out the risk of total cholesterol (TC), Triglyceride (TG), High-density lipoprotein (HDL) and Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) for the disease. This was a case-control retrospective study with 60 cases and 60 controls. The study place was in the Neurosurgery department of Sylhet Women's Medical College Hospital and the study period was 2 years (from January 2020 to December 2021). The mean age ±SD of the cases was 57.08±9.47 years and the highest number of participants was in the 51-60 year group. Commonest location of ICH was deep (67.0%) followed by intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) (28.3%) and lobar (5.0%). The means of TC (p=0.0004), TG (p=0.00013) and LDL (p<0.00001) were significantly lower than those of control group. The mean of HDL (36.48) of cases was significantly (p=0.00003) higher than the mean HDL (28.9) of controls. TC participants had 52.0% less risk to develop ICH. Raised TG had 46.0% and raised LDL had 52.0% lower risk of ICH.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Types of Female Intern Doctors and Their Specialty Preference.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality types were established in 1940s. Career planning of doctors were found related to the MBTI personality. There are 16 subtypes of MBTI based on 4 dichotomies. Relationship between MBTI and career choice has been changed gradually in last few decades. Extroverted doctors are supposed to select surgery and introverted are prone to choose medicine according to MBTI study. This was a cross-sectional study on the female interns of Sylhet Women's Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh from September 2021 to November 2021, to evaluate their MBTI personality type and the career planning of these individual subtypes. Commonest subtypes of participants ISTP (Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving) (14.13%) and ESTP (Extraverted, Observant, Thinking and Prospecting) (14.13%). Other common MBTI personality subtypes were ISTJ (Introversion, Sensing, Thinking and Judgment) (9.78%), ISFP (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Perceiving) (8.69%), ESFJ (Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling and Judging) (6.52%), ENTP (Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Perceiving) (5.43%), INFJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Judging) (5.43%), INTJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging) (5.43%) and ISFJ (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling and Judging) (5.43%). Introverted (57.7%) participants were more than extroverted (42.3%) participants. Percentage of general surgery and OBG were higher in the extroverted group and the percentage of medicine was more in the introverted group but the differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). The career planning of ENFJ, ENFP, ESTP and ISTJ subtypes of participants of this study had similarity of those of MBTI database.