title: Ascorbic Acid and Alpha Tocopherol Antioxidant Status of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients seen in Lagos.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the plasma status of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol in Nigerian type 2 diabetes mellitus patients It was a cross sectional study, made up of 70 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and 40 healthy controls. The plasma levels of vitamins C and E were measured, so also were the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1C). Results showed significantly lower plasma levels of vitamin C and vitamin E in the patients, compared with the controls. The correlation studies between vitamins C and E on the one hand, versus (FPG) and HbA1c on the other hand were not contributory.The conclusion from this study, is that, there is a reduction in plasma levels of anti-oxidant vitamins C and E in type 2 DM but this does not have any particular relationship with the levels of FPG or HbA1C.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  type 2 Dm, ascorbic Acid, alpha tocopherol antioxidant status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, College of Medicine, Benin, Benin-City.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dogun
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ajala
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol
chemical_list: D024502:alpha-Tocopherol; D001205:Ascorbic Acid