Research Article
Influence of Sociodemography on Biochemical Profile of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Undergoing Zinc Supplementation
Shayla Nasrin1, Mahbuba Kawser1, Saif Uddin Nisar Ahmed2, Sheikh Kalid Saifullah Sadi2, Md. Nazrul Islam Khan1 and Sheikh Nazrul Islam1*
1Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
2Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
*Corresponding author: Islam SN, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Tel: 880 2 9661900-73, 880 01554548543; Fax: 880 - 2 9667222; E-mail: sheikhnazrul@du.ac.bd
Article Information: Submission: 02/11/2019; Accepted: 23/12/2019; Published: 25/12/2019
Copyright: © 2019 Nasrin S, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This article describes socio demographic and biochemical profile of type 2 diabetic patients, an attempt to find influence of socio demography on their
biochemical profile. The study was conducted on sixty type 2 diabetic patients undergoing zinc supplementation, who were recruited from Gazipur Diabetic
Center (Samity), Gazipur, Bangladesh. Socio demographic data were collected using a structured pretested questionnaire by interviewing the subjects.
Biochemical parameters were analyzed by spectroscopic methods using standard laboratory kits. SPSS software package was used to analyze the data.
Mean age of the diabetes was 48.73 years, most of them were female (65.0%), all were married (100%), 31.7% could sign, read and write and majority
(33.3%) have secondary level education. About 63% subjects were involved in household works and have had low-middle income (BDT 6220.85). Above 68%
were overweight and obese. Most of the biochemical profile was found to be near to the normal values, except the fasting blood glucose (15.5 mmol/L). Zinc
supplementation significantly (p<0.05) reduced biochemical values including fasting blood glucose. Socio demographic profile does not have influence on the
biochemical profile of type 2 diabetes. Zinc supplementation reduces the biochemical values including the fasting blood glucose level; end line biochemical
values are found to be significantly changed to lower level.
