Abstract
Fasting blood samples were collected from 142 diabetics (57males, 85 females) included 10(7%) with type 1 and 132(93%) with type 2 diabetes, age ranged 10-80 with mean ± SD 51.7± 12.2 years. They were attending AL-Waffa diabetic clinic in Mosul during the period from 1st November 2003 -1st April 2004. A control group of 115 apparently healthy non-diabetic volunteers (66females,49males ) ,age ranged 10-70 with mean ± SD 35.5±12.7 years were included for comparison.
A statistical significant differences (p
