title: Hypozincemia in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The present study was conducted on 20 age and sex matched healthy controls and 30 patients of diabetes mellitus. Serum zinc levels in diabetics were found to be significantly (p < 0.001) reduced as compared to healthy controls. There was no significant sex difference (P > 0.05) in serum zinc levels amongst diabetic patients and healthy controls. Hypozincema in diabetes mellitus may be due to altered zinc metabolism and oral zinc may have a role in therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc