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Objective: To determine the association of serum SPARC with insulin resistance in type-2 diabetes. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Physiology department and CREAM lab, Army medical college, Rawalpindi, in collaboration with Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Feb 2016 to Oct 2016
Material and Methods: Sixty individuals were recruited in this descriptive study. Thirty diagnosed cases of type2 DM were included, while thirty age and gender matched healthy individuals were included as controls through non-probability purposive sampling. Controls were labelled as group A, while cases were labelled as group B. Patients with type-1 DM, type-2 DM on insulin therapy, hyperglycemic states other than DM and inflammatory disorders were excluded from the study. Data were collected after informed and written consent. Blood samples were withdrawn under strict aseptic measures and serum was stored at -20oC. Serum insulin levels and serum SPARC levels were analyzed by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]. Insulin resistance was determined using homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR], and its value >1.5 was considered significant
Results: Fasting insulin levels were significantly higher in group B as compared with group A, supporting the diagnosis of type-2 DM. HOMA-IR values were greater than 1.5 in group B, thus establishing significant insulin resistance. Serum SPARC levels were significantly higher in group B than group A [17.7 +/- 1.14 vs 8.7 +/- 1.08 ng/ml] with p-value<0.001. Serum SPARC levels showed positive correlation with fasting insulin levels and HOMA-IR values
Conclusion: Our study showed a positive correlation between serum SPARC levels and insulin resistance, which indicates that SPARC plays an important role in the development of insulin resistance in type-2 diabetes mellitus