Introduction: There is increasing evidence on association between vitamin D insufficiency
and diabetes, but the impact of vitamin D status on glycaemic status and vice versa, has not …

1. Purified caeruloplasmin was shown to inhibit lipid autoxidation induced by ascorbic acid
or inorganic iron in the following systems: (a) an emulsion of linolenic acid in water; (b) an …

Background and Objectives: Zinc deficiency often occurs in patients with diabetes. Therefore,
the relationship between zinc status and progression of nephropathy in diabetes has been …

Methods. Collection of data was carried out during the period between November 1996 until
the end of April 1997. Healthy school male and female (1051) adolescents (aged 11-19 …

Objective To determine the prevalence of zinc deficiency and the current zinc status among
a sample selected from the healthy population in Baghdad, Iraq. Methods We carried out a …

… Author links open overlay panel Hishyar Azo Najeeb a , Dhia J. Al-Timimi a , Bayar
Ahmed Qasim b , Ayad Ahmad Mohammed c … https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2020.10.034 …

Background: Specific alleles present at the HLA-DR/DQ loci seem to be associated with
disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis. Aim: In the present study, our aim was to investigate the …

Although zinc deficiency increases the risk of oxidative DNA damage, data regarding the
association between zinc and oxidative DNA damage in diabetes are controversial. In this …

This study was carried out to establish baseline data on lead exposure in a sample of the
general population from Duhok governorate, Iraq in 2011. A cross-sectional study was made of …

Background and objectives A general observation in diabetes, type 1 as well as type 2 is
hypozincemia which may be the result of increased urinary excretion or decreased …