scholarly journals EVALUATION OF SERUM-FREE IRON AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN IN UNCONTROLLED TYPE-II DIABETIC PATIENTS

Author(s):  
R Kamalam ◽  
Ganesan Nalini ◽  
M Anbazhagan

ABSTRACTObjective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common health problem in the world. Free iron may contribute to the pathogenesis and progress of thisdisease and its complication. Iron causes hyperinsulinemia by decreasing the insulin uptake and metabolism by hepatocytes. Elevated iron stores arecommonly found in insulin resistance. Iron in its free form is known to induce oxidation of biomolecules by producing harmful hydroxyl radicals. Inthis study, we aimed to estimate and compare the serum levels of free iron in diabetes and healthy individuals.Methods: This study included 244 subjects in two groups. Group-I comprised 204 subjects with DM and Group-II comprised 40 healthy subjects. Bloodsugar, free iron, and glycated hemoglobin were analyzed in blood samples using standard kits. The results of all the parameters were expressed asmean±standard deviation. Student t-test was done to assess the statistical significance between two groups. The association between the parameterswas studied by Pearson correlation.Results: In this study, we found a significant increase in serum free iron in Group-I (p<0.01) when compared with Group-II. A significant correlationbetween the serum free iron and glycated hemoglobin (r=0.59; p<0.001) and fasting blood sugar (r=0.43; p<0.001).Conclusion: The elevated serum free iron in uncontrolled diabetes may contribute to oxidative stress which may be associated with complicationsof diabetes.Keywords: Free iron, Glycated hemoglobin, Hyperinsulinemia, Diabetes mellitus. 

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 1645-1649
Author(s):  
Pallavi Samatha Yalamanchili ◽  
Nirupa Elisetti ◽  
Janaki Kesipeddy ◽  
Bilwa Bindu A ◽  
Bhagyasree Vegunta

BACKGROUND The focus of this study was to assess the relationship of nutrients (magnesium, iron) in periodontitis and diabetic patients. Serum magnesium (Mg) and iron (Fe) levels were evaluated in periodontitis patients and were compared between diabetic patients with periodontitis and healthy controls. METHODS Total sixty subjects (18 females and 42 males) were recruited in this cross-sectional study and were divided into three groups - Group I (healthy subjects), Group II (chronic generalized periodontitis), Group III (Type II diabetes mellitus and chronic generalized periodontitis). Loe and Silness gingival index and probing pocket depth were used for categorizing chronic generalized periodontitis patients. Serum levels of magnesium and iron were estimated and then compared among the groups. Statistical analysis was done using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Newmann-Keuls multiple post-hoc procedures. Statistical significance was accepted for P ≤ 0.05. RESULTS Mean serum levels of magnesium (Mg) were 0.89 in Group 3 (Type II DM + CGP), 1.01 in Group 2 (CGP) against 1.52 in Group 1 (Control), which were statistically significant. Mean Iron (Fe) levels showed 165.56 in Group 3 (Type II DM + CGP), 137.77 in Group 2 (CGP) against 78.17 (Control) which is also statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we found statistically significant decrease in magnesium and increase in serum iron levels in Group 3 (Type II DM + CGP) compared to Group 2 (CGP) and healthy controls. These findings suggest that trace elements also play an important role in the progression of periodontal disease. KEY WORDS Chronic Periodontitis, Diabetes Mellitus, Iron, Magnesium


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shameem Al Mamun ◽  
Nurun Nahar ◽  
Mohammad Simoon Salekin ◽  
Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman

<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Diabetes mellitus and thyroid dysfunction are the two most common endocrinopathies seen in general population. The study was done to determine whether there is any co-occurence of thyroid hormonal status alternating in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.</p><p><strong>Patients and Methods</strong>: This Cross-sectional study which was carried out at National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences and outpatient Department (OPD) of Endocrinology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka during the period January 2015 to July 2016. A total of 98 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (Group I) and 98 healthy individuals (Group II) were enrolled in this study purposively. After taking written consent, history of the study subjects was taken and clinical checkup was done. Age of the subjects of both the group were 30 years and above. Glycemic status of both the group was assessed by measuring fasting blood sugar, blood sugar two hours after 75 gm oral glucose and blood for HbA1C. Patients with type 1 and other form of diabetes mellitus and any condition that may impair glycemic control were excluded from the study. Thyroid hormonal status of both the group was evaluated by measuring patients’ serum TSH by Immunoradiometric Assay (IRMA) and serum FT3 and serum FT4 by Radioimmunoassay (RIA) method in NINMAS. All the data were digitized and analyzed using SPSS – 22.0 software.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> In this study, mean age of the patients was 46.0 ± 9.7 years and 45.5 ± 7.7 years in group I and group II respectively. Male female ratio was 1:1.45 in group I and 1:1.08 in group II. Fasting blood sugar, blood sugar two hours after 75 gm oral glucose and HbA1c were significantly higher in group I than that of group II. Mean TSH, FT3 and FT4 were 2.37 ± 3.86 mIU/L, 6.35 ± 2.41 pmol/L and 15.79 ± 5.41 pmol/L respectively in group I whereas 2.28 ± 2.67 mIU/L, 6.59 ± 1.83 pmol/L and 16.25 ± 3.46 pmol/L respectively in group II. But there was no statistical significant difference between group I and group II. In group I, sixteen patients had thyroid disorder (seven had hyperthyroidism and nine had hypothyroidism). In group II, five patients had thyroid disorder (two had hyperthyroidism and three had hypothyroidism). The difference was statistically significant. Fasting blood sugar positively correlated with TSH, FT3 and FT4 in group I, similarly HbA1c correlated with TSH and FT4 but not with FT3 in group I.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Thyroid disorder was 16.3% in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients and 5.1% in normal individuals.</p><p>Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 20(1): 27-31, January 2017</p>


Author(s):  
Laily Indrayanti ◽  
Harjo Mulyono

Lactic acid is an intermediate product of carbohydrate metabolism. Increment of plasma lactic acid level usually correlated withaerobic metabolism defect which caused by hypoperfusion or hypoxia, that can be happened in DM (Diabetes Mellitus) patients. DiabetesMellitus is a risk factor of lactic acidosis. Determination of glycated Hb (HbA1c) is a parameter to monitor the blood glucose. The aimof this study is to compare the mean lactic acid level between uncontrolled and controlled DM) patients and their correlation betweenlactic acid and HbA1c level. The research carried out by cross sectional study which was done at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory ofSardjito Hospital between September–October 2007. Inclusion criteria of samples were diabetic patients who had HbA1c examination.Statistical analysis was done by independent t test and Pearson correlation test. Twenty one patients were included in this research.They were divided into two (2) groups, group I are those who had HbA1c ≤ 7%, they consist of 10 patients, group II are patients whohad HbA1c ≥ 7.1%, they consist 11 patients. The mean of lactic acid of group I was 1.85 mmol/L and group II was 1.74 mmol/L (p = 0.574). There wasn’t any significant correlation between HbA1c level and lactic acid. (r = -0.179, p = 0.437). The mean of lacticacid level in uncontrolled DM was lower than the controlled one but not significant, and there was no significant correlation betweenHbA1c level and lactic acid. It is suggested to continue this study but with larger sample to know the correlation between lactic acid andHbA1c in DM patients who had metformin therapy.


2021 ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Tridip Kumar Das ◽  
Rintu Barman

Background: Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy (DAN) is a serious and common complication of diabetes. Despite its relationship to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and its association with the multiple symptoms and impairments, the signicance of diabetic autonomic neuropathy has not been fully appreciated. DAN can manifests in a spectrum of things, ranging from resting tachycardia and xed heart rate (HR) to development of “silent” myocardial infarction.The prevalence of CAN is variable based on published studies and ranges from 2% to 91% in type I diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and 25% to 75% in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This signicant variability can likely be attributed to the lack of a uniform 2 diagnostic criteria as well as underdiagnosis in the typical hospital setting. Aim And Objectives :To study the prevalence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in hospital admitted diabetic patients. Materials And Methods : 60 diabetic patients were taken for the study of which 48 were males and 12 were females.The study was carried out in tertiary care teaching hospital in North east India after clearance from institutional ethics committee. Subjects were divided according to duration of diabetes as Group I : 0 – 5 years(24 patients), Group II : 6 – 9 years(24patients), Group II I: 10 years or more(12 patients). Then special interest was taken to nd out cardiac autonomic neuropathy and all the 5 tests were carried out in each of the patients to detect cardiac autonomic neuropathy and were divided into 3 groups. Group I ( normal autonomic function test), group II ( early DAN), group III ( denitive DAN ). Results : In the present study it has been observed that out of 24 (40%) cases of diabetes mellitus in the 0 – 5 year duration group, 4 cases (16.7%) are having autonomic neuropathy, out of 24 cases in the duration group 6 – 9 years, 10 cases (41.7%) are having autonomic neuropathy and in the duration group ≥ 10 years, 8 cases out of 12 (66.7%) showing neuropathy. In the present study prevalence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy out of 60 number of patients taken it was seen as: 38 cases (63.3%) with normal autonomic function tests placed in group I, 12 cases (20%) with only cardiac parasympathetic damage or early DAN were placed in group II and 10 cases (16.7%) with both cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic damage or denitive DAN were placed in group III. So out of 60 diabetic patients, 22 patients (36.7%) showed abnormal cardiovascular reex in the present study. Conclusion: It has been observed from the present study that duration of diabetes mellitus is directly proportional to development of cardiac autonomic neuropathy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 310-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadhana Kandavel ◽  
P.D Madan Kumar

Abstract Objective The study was aimed to determine the association between salivary fructosamine and plasma glycated hemoglobin, plasma fasting and postprandial glucose levels among patients suffering from type II diabetes mellitus and nondiabetic healthy individuals. Materials and Methods The cross-sectional study was conducted in a hospital setting. A total of 100 participants were included, with 50 participants in each group—group I (patients with type II diabetes mellitus) and group II (nondiabetic healthy individuals). Blood and saliva samples were collected to estimate the levels of the blood and salivary parameters. Depending upon the normality, appropriate tests were used—t-test and Mann–Whitney U test were used for continuous data. Pearson chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used for discrete data. To test for any positive association between salivary and blood parameters, simple linear regression was carried out. Results The study results showed that group I had significantly higher levels of salivary fructosamine when compared to group II (p < 0.001). In groups I and II a significant positive association was observed between salivary fructosamine and plasma glycated hemoglobin (group I, r-value 0.893; group II, r-value 0.307). Conclusion The overall study results showed that salivary fructosamine levels were significantly higher in patients with diabetes when compared to nondiabetic individuals. Also, positive correlation was observed between salivary fructosamine, plasma fasting, plasma postprandial, and plasma glycated hemoglobin among both the groups.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2753-2755
Author(s):  
Shazia Jamil ◽  
Naveed Mahmood ◽  
Israr-ul- Haque ◽  
Rabiah Haque ◽  
Muhammad Imran-ul-Hasan ◽  
...  

Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Study Design: Retrospective study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, OMC Hospital, Jail Road Lahore from January, 2020 to December, 2020. Methods: Two hundred and thirty pregnant females were enrolled age between 18-45 years. Detailed demographics of enrolled cases age, gestational age, gravidity and body mass index were recorded after taking informed written consent. Among 230 cases, 100 women were non GDM (group I) and 130 had gestational diabetes mellitus (group II). Blood samples were taken from all the patients for measuring vitamin B12 status. Vitamin B12 was defined as <300 pg/ml. Results: Mean age of the patients in group I was 31.64±7.45 years with mean BMI 25.88±8.65 kg/m2 while mean age among GDM group was 34.55±5.71 years with mean BMI 27.36±9.44 kg/m2. Mean gestational age in group I was 33.72±4.21 weeks and in group II 35.08±9.27 weeks. In group I 20 (20%) had vitamin B12 deficiency and in group II rate ofvitamin B12 deficiency was high among 90 (69.2%) cases. We found a significantly relation between vitamin B12 and GDM with p value <0.0007. Conclusion: The prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency among pregnant women of gestational diabetes mellitus was significantly high as compared to normal pregnant women. Keywords: Pregnant Women, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Vitamin B12 deficiency


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Mahmod Mohammad Salim ◽  
Malik Fazila Tun Nesa ◽  
Rahman Mohammad Arif ◽  
Hossain Mohammad Delwar ◽  
Mandal Md Raihan Masum

Background: Relation between diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease is well established. But the effect of HbA1C on severity of coronary artery disease remains uncertain in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and diabetic patient. Objective of our study was to know the relationship of HbA1C with the severity of coronary artery disease.Methods: In this cross sectional analytical study a total of 104 NSTEMI diabetic patients were enrolled by purposive sampling. They were divided into two groups according to the level of HbA1C, Group-I patients having HbA1C<7% and Group-II patients having HbA1C >7%. Vessel score and Gensini score was calculated from coronary angiogram and compared between groups.Results: Single vessel disease were significantly higher in group-I compared to Group-II( 38.5% vs 7.7% in Group-I vs Group-II,p<0.05). Double vessel disease were higher in group-II compared to Group-I but the difference was statistically not significant (42.3% vs 48.1% in Group-I vs Group-II respectively (p>0.05). Triple vessel disease were significantly higher in group-II compared to Group- I (19.2% vs 44.4% in Group-I vs Group-II,p<0.05). Mean Vessel score was higher in Group-II compared to Group-I(1.73 ± 0.86 vs 2.50 ±0.70 in Group-I vs Group-II, p<0.05). Mean Gensini score was higher in Group-II compared to Group-I (44.6 ± 38.4 vs 76.9 ± 44.6 in Group-I vs Group-II, p<0.05). There were significant positive linear correlation between HbA1C and Vessels score and Gensini score (p<0.05).Conclusion: This study may be concluded that the presence of HbA1C >7% are associated with of severe coronary artery disease in NSTEMI with diabetes mellitus.Cardiovasc. j. 2015; 8(1): 43-48


2007 ◽  
Vol 342-343 ◽  
pp. 849-852
Author(s):  
Keon Hyeon Jo ◽  
Seok Whan Moon ◽  
Young Du Kim ◽  
Young Jo Sa ◽  
Si Young Choi ◽  
...  

To prevent prolonged air leakage after lung surgery, we developed a biodegradable polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheet and compared it with an expanded polytetrafluoethylene (ePTFE). Eighteen adult mongrel dogs were used in this experiment. The airway pressures at which air first leaked at the stapled resection margins were measured immediately after surgery in group I (N=5), 2 days after surgery in group II (N=5), and 7 days after surgery in group IIII (N=5), Based on the presence of SLR, there were 3 subgroups in each group: there was no SLR in subgroup a; ePTFE in subgroup b; PGA sheet in subgroup c. The histologic examination was performed 2 months after surgery (N=3). In group I, there was a significant difference in air leakage pressures (mm Hg) between no reinforcement and SLR. We observed the same results in group II and III with statistical significance. However, there was no significant difference between the reinforcement groups. The histologic findings demonstrated more severe adhesions and biodegradation in the dogs in which the PGA sheet was used. Our PGA sheet was considered a useful reinforcement material, because it had a similar threshold for air leakage with the ePTFE with excellent biodegradation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Ayesha Jahan ◽  
Rokeya Begum ◽  
Khaled Bin Shamsuddin

Introduction: Osteoporosis and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are common medical conditions in the society with an increasing prevalence in elderly people. Osteoporosis is more common in female than male and postmenopausal women are vulnerable to it.   Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the effect of type-2 diabetes mellitus on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women and, thereby, to evaluate the risk of osteoporosis in them.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at National institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS), BSMMU campus, Shahbagh, Dhaka, over a period of one year. 175 postmenopausal women were enrolled as study subjects, among them 72 (41.10%) were diabetic and rest 103 (59.90%) were nondiabetic and they were assigned as Group-I and Group-II respectively. The bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by central DEXA device at lumbar spines and left femoral neck of each study subject.   Results: The mean (±SD) ages of group-I and group-II were 58.79 (±8.06) and 58.27 (±8.39) respectively with an age range of 45 to 75 years in both cases. A total of 30 (41.66%) patients in diabetic group (group-I) and 40 (38.83%) patients in non-diabetic (group-II) had osteoporosis at lumbar spines. On the other hand, 40 (56.94%) patients in group-I and 58 (56.31%) patients in group-II had osteoporosis at femoral neck. The Odds Ratios of osteoporosis for lumbar spines and femoral. neck were 1.125 and 1.026 respectively. The differences of frequencies of osteoporosis between group-I and group-II were not statistically significant at any anatomical site and the association between osteoporosis and type-2 diabetes mellitus was not significant. According to Odds Ratio type-2 diabetes mellitus was not a risk factor for developing osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.   Conclusion: Postmenopausal women are prone to develop osteoporosis and type-2 diabetes mellitus may have adverse influence on osteoporosis, which was supported by few previous studies. This study could not establish any significant effect of type-2 diabetes mellitus on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 18(1): 21-26, January 2015


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