Plasma levels and dietary intake of minerals in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease: a case-control study
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology(2024)
Abstract
Background and aim
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the primary cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. Altered mineral levels leading to adverse outcomes are widely reported in diabetes but limited in DKD, in the Indian scenario, hence this study was taken up to address this issue
Methods
A cross-sectional hospital-based case-control study was taken up with 54 healthy controls (C) and 140 subjects with type 2 diabetes wherein 74 subjects with diabetes, and CKD formed the DKD group, and 66 subjects with diabetes, no CKD formed the diabetic no-chronic kidney disease (DNCKD) group. High-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was used to evaluate the blood levels of minerals (calcium (Ca), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), Iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se)), and a raw food-based food frequency questionnaire for dietary intakes. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation (mL/min/1.73 m2) and albuminuria. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to evaluate the relationship between the categorical variables.
Results
The median values of plasma Ca in the DKD group were significantly lower compared with the DNCKD and C groups (10.5mg/dL vs. 11.0mg/dL and 11.7mg/dL, p<0.001). Furthermore, plasma Ca levels lowered with declining kidney function, as evidenced by the eGFR and albuminuria segregation. Dietary intake of minerals did not correlate with the corresponding plasma levels. However, in the DKD group, eGFR correlated positively with the plasma levels of Ca (r= 0.422, p=0.001), Cr (r= 0.351, p=0.008), Mn (r= 0.338, p=0.011), Fe (r= 0.403, p=0.002), Cu (r= 0.274, p=0.041) and negatively with Se (r= -0.486, p<0.001).
Conclusion
Plasma calcium levels are lower in the DKD group with a strong positive association with eGFR, indicating its role in predicting the onset and progression of kidney function decline.
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Key words
Minerals,Trace elements,Diabetes,Chronic kidney disease,Diabetic kidney disease,Dietary intake
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