Autor: |
Mohammed A. Hami, Azzam A. Mosa, Iman A. Hami, Ali Y. Saeed, Qais O. Mohammed, Mousa A. Mousa, Midia A. Salih |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Clinical Nutrition Open Science, Vol 52, Iss , Pp 193-201 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2667-2685 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.nutos.2023.11.002 |
Popis: |
Summary: Background: There are many undiagnosed cases of pre-diabetes and diabetes worldwide. Having a variety of biomarkers for screening and diagnosing diabetes mellitus has a significant positive impact. Objectives: To investigate whether mineral elements, their ratios, testosterone and ferritin can detect pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods: In this study, 120 volunteers were included. The volunteers were divided into three groups (control, pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus). For all volunteers, HbA1c (measured by automated analyses), serum zinc (Zn), serum copper (Cu) (measured by colorimetric method), ferritin, testosterone and serum iron (Fe) (measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay) were measured. Results: The ratio of Zinc/Iron in both pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus is significantly different from those of control group (P-value |
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