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International Journal of Pharmacology

Year: 2019 | Volume: 15 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 295-300
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2019.295.300
Is Urinary Calprotectin a Useful Tool to Detect the Therapeutic Control of Type II Diabetes?
Hussam Aly Sayed Murad , Tawfik Mohammed Ali Ghabrah, Marwan Abdulrahman Mohammed Bakarman, Misbahuddin Mohammed Rafeeq and Samy Saleh Eid

Abstract: Background and Objective: The use of plasma calprotectin; a protein mainly expressed in neutrophils; as a diagnostic and/or prognostic marker in type 2 diabetic patients is still controversial. Being a non-invasive test, this study was designed to detect if urinary calprotectin could be used to differentiate between treated-controlled and treated-uncontrolled type II diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: Based on levels of fasting blood sugar (FBS), postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), 200 adult diabetic patients on regular anti-diabetic treatment were equally divided into four groups: controlled non-obese (controlled diabetics with no obesity) and controlled obese (controlled diabetics with obesity), uncontrolled non-obese (uncontrolled diabetics with no obesity) and uncontrolled obese (uncontrolled diabetics with obesity) in addition to a healthy control group (non-diabetic subjects with no obesity). The exclusion criteria included renal diseases, use of medications other than anti-diabetics, infection, use of antibiotics two weeks before the study, major comorbidities, pregnancy and lactation. Urine samples were collected for assay of calprotectin. Results: The level of urinary calprotectin did not differ significantly in all groups. Also Pearson correlation and the regression analysis showed non-significant correlations between urine calprotectin and FBS, PPBS or HbA1c in all groups. Conclusion: Urinary calprotectin levels did not differ significantly between controlled and uncontrolled patients with type 2 diabetes whether obese or not indicating that it cannot be used to differentiate between treated-controlled and treated-uncontrolled patients with type II diabetes.

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Hussam Aly Sayed Murad, Tawfik Mohammed Ali Ghabrah, Marwan Abdulrahman Mohammed Bakarman, Misbahuddin Mohammed Rafeeq and Samy Saleh Eid, 2019. Is Urinary Calprotectin a Useful Tool to Detect the Therapeutic Control of Type II Diabetes?. International Journal of Pharmacology, 15: 295-300.

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