Association between serum copper concentration and type 2 diabetes mellitus in elderly people in Northeast China: a cross-sectional study
Xiaonan Li, Li Yang, Dongmei Mu, Yuehui Wang · 2025
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Xiaonan Li and co-authors test a blood metal's link to diabetes in older adults in a 2025 study. Copper levels in blood have been tied to troubled sugar control in general populations, but the elderly, whose metabolism shifts with age, had barely been studied.
The team recruited 565 patients from a university hospital in Jilin between 2021 and 2023 and split them by diabetes status. Blood copper ran higher in the group with type 2 diabetes. Statistical models, including smooth curve fits, probed whether risk climbs steadily with copper or bends at some point. The results add a trace-metal clue to diabetes care for older patients in Northeast China, where diet and environment shape exposure.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiaonan Li, Li Yang, Dongmei Mu, Yuehui Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |