EVALUATION OF THE STATUS OF SERUM CHROMIUM IN DIA-BETIC PATIENTS FROM MURZUK AREA

The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the possible effect of some factors such as age, gender, blood sugar level, and duration of disease on the serum chromium level in type I and typeII diabetic individuals from Murzuk area. In addition to chromium , serum levels of Fasting blood sugar (FBS) andglycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were evaluated in 46 type I diabetic subjects (group 1) ,48 type II diabetic subjects (group 2) and 43 healthy individuals (control group) of both genders aged between (30-81) years. Data indicated that both diabetic groups have significantly higher (p 0.001) levels of FBS and HbA1c compared with the con-trol group. No significant difference (p 0.05) was found in serum chromium levels between Diabetic patients compared with healthy individuals, nor was there between type I and typeII diabetic groups. The obtained data also indicate that age, gender, blood sugar level, and dura-tion of disease have no significant (p 0.05) correlation with serum level of chromium in dia-betic patients.