Essential and Non-essential Elements in Scalp Hair of Diabetics: Correlations with Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c)

• Published in: Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 1034 - 1039
• Main Authors: Hotta, Yohei, Fujino, Ryoji, Kimura, Osamu, Endo, Tetsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 01.07.2018; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Chromium; copper; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic nephropathy; Epidermal growth factor receptors; Excretion; Glomerular filtration rate; Glucose; glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c); Hair; Hemoglobin; Insulin; Lead; Manganese; Mass spectroscopy; Nephropathy; Scalp; scalp hair; zinc; copper; chromium; glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c); diabetes; zinc; scalp hair

Essential elements (Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Mn and V) and non-essential elements (As, Cd, Hg and Pb) were measured in scalp hair samples of 45 diabetic subjects and 59 control subjects in Japan using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. All diabetic subjects took insulin and/or antidiabetic...