Association of Serum Zinc Level with severity of chronic kidney disease in diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, it has been reported that diabetic patients tend to have a lower zinc intake due to unbalanced diet accompanying changes in lifestyle habits. We investigated serum zinc concentration in diabetic patients according to the stage of nephropathy.

Methods

We enrolled 227 diabetic patients (119 men, 108 women, average age 65.7 ± 14.7 [mean ± standard deviation]) who were hospitalized for diabetes treatment due to poor blood glucose control. We investigated the relationship between fasting serum zinc concentration and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, UACR), as well as serum zinc concentration by stage of diabetic kidney disease and chronic kidney disease.

Results

The mean HbA1c value

SUBMITTER: Kubota M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9769017 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature