Relationship between dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and diabetes mellitus in men

الملخص EN

Thirty two patients with diabetes mellitus (aged 40-69 years) involved in this study during their admission Al-Hakeem Center for Researches and Treatment of diabetes mellitus, Al-Sader Teaching Hospital \ Najaf.

Age matched twenty seven healthy men also included as control group.

Sera and blood were used as samples.

The results of this study showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase of DHEA-S in diabetic patients compared with control in age group 50-59 years.

As well as a significant (p < 0.01) increase in serum DHEA-S levels was found in diabetic patients compared with control group in age range 60-69 years.

On the other hand, did not show significant correlation between DHEA-S levels and each of fasting blood sugar and glycohemoglobin in control group and diabetes mellitus patients.