Antioxidants and Diabetes

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Combination of diabetes and cataract worsens the oxidative stress and
micronutrient status in Indians.
Agte VV, Tarwadi KV
Nutrition 2008 May 8.

OBJECTIVES: We examined the synergism of cataract and diabetes in
micronutrient and antioxidant statuses versus diabetes mellitus and
cataract alone.
METHODS: Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (D; n = 76),
those without diabetes and with cataract (NDC; n = 100), those with
diabetes and cataract (DC; n = 53), and age- and sex-matched healthy
controls (n = 90) 50-70 y were investigated. Plasma oxidative stress
as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and the status of
11 micronutrients were studied as lens TBARS, opacity, and ratio of
soluble to total proteins in patients with cataract with or without
diabetes. Lipid profile, fasting glucose, and postprandial glucose
were measured for all subjects.
RESULTS: A subnormal status of ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, thiamine,
and ceruloplasmin was elicited for all four study groups. Plasma TBARS
and fasting glucose were significantly higher in the DC group than in
the NDC (P < 0.05), D, and control groups. Lens TBARS were comparable
between the NDC and DC groups (5.5 and 5.08 nm/g of lens). Chi-square
values for lens turbidity within the DC and NDC groups and for the
ratio of soluble to total proteins and opacity within the NDC group
were significant (P < 0.01). The prevalence of poor riboflavin status
was 30-36% in all patients and 15-22.5% in controls. Men in the DC
group showed a higher value of glycosylated hemoglobin than did men
from the D group. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated
significant interactions (P < 0.02) between HS and socioeconomic
grades for fasting glucose and high-density lipoprotein levels,
riboflavin status, plasma vitamin C, TBARS, and selenium. The DC group
was found to be significantly different from the other groups with
respect to beta-coefficients of a logistic regression equation for
plasma levels of selenium, zinc, iron, thiamine, triacylglycerols,
total cholesterol, ceruloplasmin, vitamin A, and superoxide
dismutase.
CONCLUSION: The combination of diabetes and cataract coupled with
gender bias and influence of socioeconomic factors seem to be
associated with worsening of micronutrient status, oxidative stress,
and lens opacity.
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Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) [Nutrition]


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