ABSTRACT
To study the methyglyoxal [MG] levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM] subjects compared with normal controls and to evaluate relationship of MG with blood sugar, systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Comparative case control study. This study was conducted at the Diabetic clinics of Isra University Hospital for a period of six months from. Thirty normal controls [Group. I] and thirty T2DM [Group. II] were studied according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. 5.0 ml of blood was transferred into citrated bottles. Serum was obtained by centrifugation at 4000 rpm for ten minutes and were frozen at -20 Degree C. The blood glucose level was detected by glucose oxidase method. MG was measured by the ELISA assay. Student`s t-test, Chi square test and Pearson`s correlations were used for the continous and categorical variables and linear association respectively. The Data was analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. A p-value of