A Comparative Study on Calcium Level among Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Children in Tripoli
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Calcium Level, Diabetic Non-Diabetic Children, Hypocalcaemia, TripoliAbstract
This paper is to investigate the prevalence of hypocalcaemia in comparative two groups of diabetic & non-diabetic children. A cross-sectional study was performed on 100 diabetic and non-diabetic children (6-18 years old), who admitted to diabetes and endocrinology in Salah al-din clinic & Alsafwa hospital in Tripoli City, Libya. A standard interviewed-based questionnaire was used, the questionnaire comprises from two sections. Section I includes personal information such as (age, sex), while section II contains some questions such as (are you diabetic or not? taking medications, laboratory investigations such as (serum calcium, HbAC1) and anthropometric measurements such as (weight, height and BMI). Data were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 24). The prevalence rates of hypocalcaemia among diabetic and non-diabetic children, overall and by relevant variables, were obtained and assessed for statistical significance using the chi square test. The mean (SD) concentrations of serum calcium level by different levels of relevant variables were derived and assessed for statistical significance using the independent t-test as appropriate. Relating to analysis, there was a high significant difference between diabetic and non- diabetic Libyan children in serum calcium (n=50, M= 9.3182 ±, Std = 78425) (P value = 0.000 < 0.05). According to data analysis of serum calcium for all subjects, low value was 4.4 and high value were 10.9 (M= 6.66256 ±, Std = 3.16707 ng/ml), HbA1C the low value was (3.80) and the high value (14.7) (M= 7.4730 ±, Std = - 2.91772) and the low value for BMI was 11.7 kg/m2 and high value was 27.7 kg/m2 (M= 19.3109 ± Std = 3.33293). For blood investigation of serum glucose (HbA1C), there was a strong correlation between HbA1C level and age. The higher level of HbA1C at age was from 10-14 years for diabetic children. The overall prevalence of hypocalcaemia in diabetic patients was significantly higher than non-diabetic children in Tripoli. Factors independently related to hypocalcaemia in diabetic patients included: male gender and poor glycemic control. The data also showed that patients with diabetes had significantly hypocalcaemia as compared to nondiabetic subjects. Further studies are needed to assess the exact relationship between hypocalcaemia and uncontrolled diabetes related to children age groups.
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