?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Correlation+of+Lipid+Peroxidation+with+Glycated+Haemoglobin+Levels+in+Diabetes+Mellitus&rft.creator=Varashree%2C+BS+&rft.creator=Bhat%2C+GP&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Reactive+oxygen+species+are+crucial+to+normal+biological+processes%3B+they+are+potentially+dangerous+and+are+commonly+referred+to+as+prooxidants.+The+reactive+oxygen+intermediates+can+cause+direct+cellular+injury+by+including+lipid+and+protein+peroxidation+and+damage+to+nucleic+acid.+The+polyunsaturated+fatty+acids+present+in+the+cells+are+vulnerable+to+free+radicals+causing+lipid+peroxidation.+Determination+of+Malondialdehyde+(MDA)+by+using+thiobarbituric+acid+is+used+as+an+index+of+the+extent+of+lipid+peroxidation.+This+study+was+done+to+know+if+lipid+peroxidation+correlated+with+the+glycated+haemoglobin+levels.+Diabetic+status+was+assessed+by+estimating+fasting+blood+sugar+and+glycated+haemoglobin+level+while+oxidant+stress+was+evaluated+by+estimating+erythrocyte+MDA+levels.+The+lipid+peroxidation+in+erythrocyte+lysates+was+significantly+increased+in+diabetic+individuals+compared+to+controls+(p%3C0.001).+The+result+of+this+study+indicates+that+in+diabetic+individuals+are+more+prone+to+oxidative+stress+and+glycated+haemoglobin+is+a+marker+in+evaluating+the+long+term+glycemic+status+in+diabetic+individuals.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7968%2F1%2F2011-2-11.pdf&rft.identifier=++Varashree%2C+BS++and+Bhat%2C+GP++(2011)+Correlation+of+Lipid+Peroxidation+with+Glycated+Haemoglobin+Levels+in+Diabetes+Mellitus.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7968%2F