ArticleJournal of family & community medicine
The status of zinc in type 2 diabetic patients and its association with glycemic control.
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- The Impact of Zinc Supplementation on Hyperglycemia and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Cureus · 2024Article
- Effect of zinc supplementation on glycemic biomarkers: an umbrella of interventional meta-analyses.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2024Review
- Association between circulating micronutrient pattern, glycemic control, and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024Observational
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- The association between plasma zinc concentrations and markers of glucose metabolism in adults in Cameroon.The British journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Ratiometric Detection of ZnChemistry (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundZinc (Zn) is a trace element that carries antioxidant properties. Deficiency of Zn increases oxidative stress, especially in diabetes. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the level of Zn and glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Medicine at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from March 2018 to September 2018. A total of 440 participants were included in the study; 252 of these had type 2 diabetes and 188 were controls. All participants had laboratory investigations including fasting blood sugar (FBS), glycosylated hemoglobin, and lipid profile and Zn levels. These two groups (diabetics and controls) were further divided into Zn deficient group and normal Zn group according to their Zn levels. Data were analyzed by using SPSS software.
resultsThe mean Zn level was 11.7 + 1.5 in the control group, whereas it was significantly low (9.3 + 1.6) in the diabetic group (
conclusionDiabetic patients have Zn deficiency compared to normal individuals and poor glycemic control is associated with low Zn levels.
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