Abstract

COMPARISON OF SERUM CHROMIUM LEVEL IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC POPULATION BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER

*Prachi Agarwal, R.K.Soni, Amit Upadhyay, Himani Singhwal, AsthaAgarwal

Abstract

Chromium is an essential micronutrient which is required for normal insulin effect regulation of blood sugar level. Serum chromium status of patients of type 1 and type 2 diabetes was compared with nondiabetic subjects. Blood samples were collected and serum glucose level of both groups was determined with the help of Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The findings of this study showed significant difference between mean of serum chromium concentration of type 1 diabetic patients (4.26 mcg/l) compared with control group (7.017 mcg/l) and type 2 diabetic patients (4.33 mcg/l) compared with their control group (7.02 mcg/l). It was revealed that there was significant correlation between the serum glucose and serum chromium level. The negative correlation shows that as the concentration of serum glucose increases, the concentration of chromium decreases. There was no significant difference between chromium level of type 1 and type 2 diabetic individual.

Keywords: Diabetes; Chromium; Insulin; Glucose tolerance factor.