EFFECT OF COPPER & IRON ON DIABETIC PATEINTS & DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Group I:30 clinically diagnosed diabetic nephropathy patients Group II:30 diabetic individuals without any complications
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/08/003860
- Lead Sponsor
- FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
Group I: Thirty, clinically diagnosed diabetic nephropathy patients (age: 25-70years) admitted in Nephrology unit of Father Muller Medical College and hospital, Mangalore.
Group II: Thirty, diabetic individuals (age 25-70years) without any complications
Group III: Thirty, normal, healthy, age and sex-matched volunteers (age:25-70years)
Exclusion Criteria
Chronic alcoholics, smokers, tobacco chewers, pregnancy, and other systemic illness (infections, malignancy, hepatobiliary diseases, renal failure, cardiovascular diseases)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method EXPECTED CHANGES IN SERUM PARAMETERSTimepoint: EXPECTED CHANGES IN SERUM PARAMETERS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum copper status & iron status could be a sensitive biomarker of diabetic nephropathy.Timepoint: Serum copper status & iron status could be a sensitive biomarker of diabetic nephropathy.