Patients and Methods: This real practice study included 1500 patients with different types of anaemia. All patients were subjected to a full medical history, full clinical examination, blood sample for complete blood count (CBC) examination, serum iron, and serum ferritin concentration.Results: This study included 1500 patients having a female predominance with a male to female ratio as (45.47% and 54.53%) respectively. The mean age of patients was 48.9± 18.1 years. Anaemia was more common in the age group between 50-65 years. Most common associated comorbidities were diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) by 65.1% and 61% respectively. The most common causes of anemia were chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic liver disease (CLD), Malignancy by 27.1%, 21.93%, 15.8% respectively. Conclusion:There is more prevalence of anaemia in females in Fayoum Governorate. This prevalence is increasing with age. Here iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common type of anemia in pregnant females. There is a common association between anaemia with diabetes mellitus in absence of CKD.

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Atherosclerosis is currently viewed as an immune-mediate inflammatory disease of the arterial wall, macrophages play an important role in atherogenesis.Inflammatory mechanisms with atherosclerotic plaque formation can be triggered,maintained and enhanced by multiple factors such as activated macrophages that induce synthesis of neopterin.