Niveles de hierro sérico y su relación con los niveles de hemoglobina glicosilada (hba1c), en personas diabéticas y no diabéticas de 40 a 80 años de edad, en la parroquia Izamba.

Abstract

The measurement of HbA1c levels is considered as a vital test in the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes treatment. Updated researches have shown that the deficiency of serum iron can tend to raise HbA1c levels concentration, regardless of the glycemic state in which the person is. Therefore, this studio aimed to identify the relationship of serum iron levels and HbA1c levels in diabetic and non-diabetic people from 40 to 80 years old who are from Izamba Parish, through clinical determination of glucose, serum iron and HbA1c in fasting condition and obtaining as a result that 15 healthy people of which 13 are women and 2 men without anemia nor diabetes proved concentrations of serum iron in low levels and an increase of HbA1c levels, which is statistically significant when one (p <0.05) is found under a 95% confidence interval despite having a healthy blood glucose, in the pathological population (diabetics), it was evidenced that 5 people had low iron concentrations, Therefore, in this study the existence of a relationship between serum iron levels and HbA1c was found.