Status of Serum Zinc and Albumin in Hospital Admitted Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Mymensingh Locality

Nira NH1 , Akhter S2 , Khan SR3 , Momo FR4 , Zannat KE5

Mymensingh Med J 2023 Oct; 32 (4): 933-938

PMID: 37777883

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was conducted in the department of Biochemistry in Mymensingh Medical College in cooperation with Nephrology department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh from January to December, 2021. The study was carried out to evaluate the status of serum zinc and albumin in patients with CKD not on dialysis for monitoring the disease progression. For this purpose, 110 subjects were included, where 55 Hospital admitted CKD patients were considered as Group I and 55 normal healthy individuals as Group II. Serum zinc and albumin were determined by colorimetric method from each sample. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS windows package, version 21.0. Among the study groups the mean serum zinc were 88.64±9.21µg/dl and 102.11±12.93µg/dl and serum albumin were 3.62±0.26g/dl and 4.16±0.69g/dl in Group I and Group II respectively. Analysis showed that the mean serum zinc and albumin were highly significantly (p<0.001) decreased in CKD patients in comparison to that of healthy individual. Significant positive correlation was found between serum zinc and albumin.

Keywords: Serum zinc, Serum albumin, Chronic kidney disease


  1. Biochemist

    Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh


Volume 32, Number 4 (2023)
Page: 933-938