Vijayalakshmi S1, Arshiya Begum A2, Nirmala Devi K3, Srivatsan E4, Latha J5, Priya A6, Saravanan B7, Vanitha K8
BACKGROUND: INTRODUCTION:
Diabetes mellitus and its complications are in an increasing trend and it is important to look for parameters which can detect early and delay the onset of disease as well as complications. Serum magnesium levels can be taken as one such indicator.
AIM
The aim of the study is to:
1) Estimate the level of serum magnesium levels in type 2 diabetic patients and controls.
2) Determination of the correlation between the level of serum magnesium in diabetics and nondiabetics.
MATERIALS & METHOD:
In this study, we have chosen a total of 100 subjects with 50 of them as nondiabetic controls and the rest 50 being diabetics taken as test group. We took fasting samples in all subjects and performed all the routine test parameters. In addition, we assayed the magnesium levels in all subjects.
RESULTS & STATISTICS:
The mean magnesium level for both groups were 2.6+/-0.37 and 1.1+/-0.38 in the nondiabetic control group and diabetic test group respectively (This is statistically significant and a student t test showed a t value of 7.589-E13 which corresponds to a p value <0.001-statistically significant).
CONCLUSION:
Thus, our study concluded that there is a significant low level of serum magnesium in diabetic patients which may be an important factor in early onset of the disease in susceptible individuals.
