Amar M. Ismail

Diabetes is a major and growing health problem worldwide and in the Sudan, zinc and vit D play ‎a functional role on insulin function and glucose tolerance. Study aim to evaluate zinc level in ‎type2 DM patients with vit D deficiency. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 type2 DM ‎patients aged between 25-80 years old, classified based on vit D results into two groups, <30 ‎ng/ml considered as cases and >30ng/ml as control. Vit D, zinc and glucose were determined in ‎fasting blood samples, using competitive ELISA and atomic spectroscopy. The percentage of ‎DM was higher among females (63%), and vit D deficiency was common among females (75%), ‎results of BMI showed females more obese than males (77.6% females have BMI > 26.5 ‎compared with 65.9% for males), in males .vit D inversely correlate with BMI, and there was no ‎correlation in females, vit D result in week negative correlation with zinc (r= -0.0195 ), and no ‎association between zinc and blood glucose (P-value = 0.46). Zinc and vit D are essential ‎nutrients in DM patients, thus deficiency lead to early complications in type 2 DM patients, ‎which need regular monitoring