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Background: Taurine has an active role in providing glucose homeostasis and diabetes causes a decline in taurine levels. This paper investigates the relationship between taurine and diabetic complications, patients’ demographic features, and biochemical parameters. Methods: Fifty-nine patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and 28 healthy control subjects between the ages of 32 and 82 were included in the study. The mean age of subjects was 55.6 ± 10.3 and mean diabetes duration was 10.2 ± 6.0 years. The most commonly accompanying comorbidity was hypertension (HT) (64.5%, n = 38), and the most frequent diabetic complication was neuropathy (50.8%, n = 30). Plasma taurine concentrations were measured by an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) kit. Results: Plasma taurine concentrations were significantly lower in diabetic patients (0.6 ± 0.1 mmol/L) than controls (0.8 ± 0.2 mmol/L) and in hypertensive (0. 6 ± 0.1 mmol/L) patients (p = 0.000, p = 0.027 respectively). Conclusion: Plasma taurine levels were decreased in patients with T2DM and this was not related to FBG, HbA1c, and microalbuminuria. With regard to complications, we only found a correlation with neuropathy. We suggest that taurine levels may be more important in the development of diabetes; however, it may also have importance for the progression of the disease and the subsequent complications. We further assert that taurine measurement at different times may highlight whether there is a causal relationship in the development of complications.

Increased IMA, AOPP and PAB, and decreased FRAP are likely to be results of oxidative stress, a condition in which an imbalance occurs between the production and inactivation of reactive oxygen species in AD. The IMA could be used for the better evaluation of clinical status, as well as the independent characteristic symptoms of AD, for the purposes of routine clinical laboratory analysis.

Objective: Obesity and iron deficiency (ID) are the 2 most common nutritional disorders worldwide causing significant public health implications. Obesity is characterized by the presence of low-grade inflammation, which may lead to a number of diseases including insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes. Increased levels of acute-phase proteins such as C-reactive protein (CRP) have been reported in obesity-related inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of obesity/IR on iron and red blood cell related parameters. Materials and Methods: A total of 206 patients and 45 control subjects of normal weight were included in this cross-sectional study. Venous blood samples were taken from each patient to measure hemoglobin (Hb), serum iron (Fe), iron-binding capacity (IBC), ferritin, CRP, fasting blood glucose, and fasting insulin. Body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were calculated for each patient. IR was determined using the HOMA-IR formula.Results: Subjects were divided into 3 groups according to BMI. There were 152 severely obese (BMI: 42.6±10.1), 54 mildly obese (BMI: 32.4±2.1), and 45 normal-weight (BMI: 24.3±1.3) patients. Hb levels in severely obese patients and normal controls were 12.8±1.3 g/dL and 13.6±1.8 g/dL, respectively. We found decreasing Fe levels with increasing weight (14.9±6.9 µmol/L, 13.6±6.3 µmol/L, and 10.9±4.6 µmol/L for normal controls and mildly and severely obese patients, respectively). Hb levels were slightly lower in patients with higher HOMA-IR values (13.1±1.5 g/dL vs. 13.2±1.2 g/dL; p=0.36). Serum iron levels were significantly higher in the group with low HOMA-IR values (13.6±5.9 µmol/L vs. 11.6±4.9 µmol/L; p=0.008). IBC was found to be similar in both groups (60.2±11.4 µmol/L vs. 61.9±10.7 µmol/L; p=0.23). Ferritin was slightly higher in patients with higher HOMA-IR values (156.1±209.5 pmol/L vs. 145.3±131.5 pmol/L; p=0.62). Conclusion: Elevated BMI and IR are associated with lower Fe and hemoglobin levels. These findings may be explained by the chronic inflammation of obesity and may contribute to obesity-related co-morbidities. People with IR may present with ID without anemia.

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