Abstract
Objective: To determine serum magnesium levels in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
 Study Design: Cross sectional study.
 Place and Duration of Study: Medicine Department, Combined Military Hospital, Kohat Pakistan, from Jun 2015 to Nov 2015.
 Methodology: Forty-five patients fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled, to ascertain the serum magnesium levels in patients having diabetic nephropathy.
 Results: Mean microalbuminuria was 37.51±21.33 mg/L, while mean serum magnesium level was 1.36±0.29 mg/dl. Mean serum magnesium level in patients with diabetic nephropathy was 1.27±0.31 mg/dl, whereas mean serum magnesium level in patients without diabetic nephropathy was 1.50±0.17 mg/dl. About of 67.9% of the patients with diabetic nephropathy had hypomagnesemia while 64.7% without diabetic nephropathy were found to have hypomagnesemia.
 Conclusion: Serum magnesium levels in patients with diabetes mellitus were lower. Furthermore, serum magnesium levels in patients with diabetic nephropathy were also lower as compared to patients without diabetic nephropathy.
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