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Selected metals status in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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In order to investigate the relationships between metals zinc [Zn], copper [Cu], magnesium [Mg], or Calcium [Ca] and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, 65 patients of newly diagnosed noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 54 nondiabetic healthy controls were studied. The concentrations of selected metals in fasting blood samples and 24-h urine collections were determined. Hyperzincuria and hypermagnesuria were detected in diabetic patients (p<0.01). The diabetics also had lower Zn and Mg, and higher Cu, and Ca levels in their plasma than those of the controls, but the statistical differences in Ca and Mg were not significant.Significantly lower Zn and higher Ca levels in erythrocytes were found in diabetic patients (p<0.01). There is evidence of a significant difference in metals status between diabetic patients with or without the specific complications. This study further indicates that patients with NIDDM on Taiwan also have distinct changes in their metals status, and these perturbations are associated with some diabetic complications.

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    Ming-Der Chen, Chung-Tide Tsou, Jyh-Jain Wang & Wen-Han Lin

  2. Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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Chen, MD., Lin, PY., Tsou, CT. et al. Selected metals status in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Biol Trace Elem Res 50, 119–124 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02789414

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