Plasma mineral content in type-2 diabetic patients and their association with the metabolic syndrome

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a clinical disorder that is becoming more prevalent in Spain. The syndrome encompasses a set of metabolic disorders such as type-2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity, which may be associated with variations in serum levels and poor delivery o...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2007-01, Vol.51 (5), p.402-406
Main Authors: Aguilar, M.V., Saavedra, P., Arrieta, F.J., Mateos, C.J., González, M.J., Meseguer, I., Martínez-Para, M.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adults
blood chemistry
Blood tests
Case-Control Studies
Chromium
Chromium - blood
Copper
Copper - blood
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications
Dietary minerals
Female
Humans
hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Magnesium
Magnesium - blood
Male
Metabolic disorders
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome - blood
Metabolic Syndrome - etiology
Middle Aged
mineral content
Minerals - blood
Nickel
Nickel - blood
noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
nutritional status
obesity
Original Paper
patients
Plasma
zinc
Zinc - blood
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Summary:Background: Metabolic syndrome is a clinical disorder that is becoming more prevalent in Spain. The syndrome encompasses a set of metabolic disorders such as type-2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity, which may be associated with variations in serum levels and poor delivery of certain mineral elements. Methods: This study attempted to ascertain whether metabolic syndrome might be linked to alterations in serum levels of the mineral elements magnesium, copper, zinc, chromium, and nickel in a population of 92 diabetic subjects, some suffering from certain conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome, and 72 control subjects (Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain). Results: The results indicated that as a group the alterations implicated in metabolic syndrome were indeed associated with variations in blood levels of the mineral elements considered, though statistically significant differences were recorded only in the case of copper. Still, trends in mineral levels for each of the separate components contributing to the syndrome tended to increase. Conclusion: Metabolic complications appear to be associated with alterations in the levels of some minerals, especially copper.
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000108108