Gender Differences in Inflammatory Markers among Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
Journal Title: International journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
In India currently around 40.9 million people are diabetic and is expected to rise to 69.9 million by 2025 unless preventive steps are taken. The so called “Asian Indian Phenotype” refers to certain unique clinical and biochemical abnormalities. Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases act as two sides of the same coin. According to Framingham study, diabetic women have an increased cardiovascular risk about 3.5 fold higher than non diabetic women. In view of the impact of sexual hormones on glucose homeostasis, the molecular pathways involved in insulin resistance suggest a gender specificity mechanism in the development of diabetic complications and also seems to progress at a faster rate in females compared to males and women benefit less from treatment than do men. Hence a case controlled study was done to mark the gender differences in inflammatory markers among newly detected and known type 2 diabetic subjects. The study included 33 women and 17 men in the NDM group and 30 women and 20 men in the DM5 group. The biomarkers namely homocysteine (µmol/l), C-reactive protein (mg/l), lipoprotein (a) (mg / dl) and vitamin B12 (pg/ml) were analyzed. It was observed that the Hcy and Lp(a) values were higher in males than the females but CRP and Vitamin B12 values were higher in women when compared to males. (24.54±12.59, 3.81±1.14, 15.67±14.22 and 280.69±77.03 and among the women it was 17.06 ±5.54, 5.84 ±3.47, 10.55 ±12.89 and 352.35± 238.02 respectively). Among the DM5 all the values of the inflammatory markers were higher in males than in females. (It was 24.59 ±5.13, 4.25 ±0.79, 32.70 ±14.54 and 343.43 ±178.39 and in women, 17.64 ±5.07, 3.68 ±0.51, 24.25 ± 9.40 and 338.40 ± 158.15 respectively) From these observations it can be suggested that there are marked differences among the gender in the values of the inflammatory markers. It can also be suggested that the process of inflammation begins on the onset of diabetes which can progress as the disease progresses. Thus periodic analysis is required to efficiently treat the inflammation process to avoid complications related to cardio vascular risk
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Sowmya Rajashekar
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