Open AccessFrequency of Type-2 diabetes mellitus in Nephropathic patients and comparison of mean magnesium levels in Nephropathic patients with and without Type-2 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Mariam Azeem,
Atif Iqbal,
Nasir Farooq Butt,
Fawad Ahmad Randhawa,
Uzma Malik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.335.12974
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , diabetic nephropathy , kidney disease , nephropathy , gastroenterology , magnesium , surgery , endocrinology , materials science , metallurgy
The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in patients with nephropathy (i.e. Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 1 to 3) and to compare the mean magnesium levels in diabetic nephropathic patients and non-diabetic nephropathic patients.