Serum phosphate and magnesium levels as parameters of diabetes control

ABSTRACT

Twenty diabetic patients under insulin therapy were studied for serum and urinary magnesium and inorganic phosphorus, fasting and second hour postprandial blood glucose level simultaneously before insulin administration and on the 4th, 6th and 8th day after diabetes control. A significant drop of serum and urinary levels of magnesium as well as phosphorus levels occurred more evidently on the 2nd postprandial hour in the early days after control of diabetes, followed by a gradual increase in serum and urinary levels on the 6th and 8th days. These changes suggested replenishment of body stores of phosphorus and magnesium indicating that mere control of hyperglycemia is not enough and correction of phosphorus and magnesium is a necessary parameter to achieve a proper state of diabetic control