Open AccessAssociation of Serum Magnesium Deficiency with Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Happy Chutia,
Kyrshanlang G Lynrah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2727.163131
Subject(s) - quantitative insulin sensitivity check index , insulin resistance , medicine , hypomagnesemia , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , insulin , type 2 diabetes mellitus , magnesium deficiency (plants) , type 2 diabetes , creatinine , magnesium , insulin sensitivity , chemistry , organic chemistry
Insulin resistance (IR) is the key pathophysiological defect that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to estimate serum magnesium level and insulin sensitivity indices among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and to see an association between them.