A Correlation of Alarin with Some Anthropometric Measurements in Iraqi Type II Diabetic Patients

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic diseases that affect the body's ability to produce insulin. It is one of the most common endocrine disorders. Objectives: This study aims to measure whether there was any association between alarin and some anthropometric measur...

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Published in:Medical Journal of Babylon 2024-10, Vol.21 (4), p.1027-1030
Main Authors: Al-Shaabani, Russell S. A, Alaaraj, Shakir F. T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alarin
Analysis
Biological markers
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
fasting serum glucose
Health aspects
Risk factors
Type 2 diabetes
waist/hip
waist/thoracic
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Summary:Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic diseases that affect the body's ability to produce insulin. It is one of the most common endocrine disorders. Objectives: This study aims to measure whether there was any association between alarin and some anthropometric measurements (AMs) such as waist/nick (W/N), waist/thoracic (W/T), waist/hip (W/H) in Iraqi type II diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This study included 43 patients from Ramadi Teaching Hospitals, in addition to 43 healthy controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine serum alarin level, while the fasting serum glucose (FSG) level was determined by enzymatic colorimetric methods. Results: Serum alarin (ng/mL) was higher in DM patients than in HCs (P 2.035 ng/mL), W/H (>0.9554), W/T (>0.9633), W/N (>2.665), H/T (>1.06), and FSG (>116.5 mg/dL). Conclusion: A very weak correlation appeared for alarin with AMs; the serum level of alarin was higher in T2DM than HCS; this means alarin may be used as a novel biomarker in the detection of T2DM and may be an effective biomarker in the diagnostic test for the disease. Keywords: Alarin, fasting serum glucose, waist/hip, waist/thoracic
ISSN:1812-156X
2312-6760
DOI:10.4103/MJBL.MJBL_835_23