TY - JOUR JF - JABS JO - JABS VL - 4 IS - 1 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/5/01 TI - The Effect of L-Arginin Supplementation on lipid profiles in patients with diabetes type 2 TT - اثر مکمل ال آرژنین بر پروفایل لیپیدی بیماران مبتلا به دیابت نوع 2 N2 - Background & Objective: The prominent growth in the statistics of the patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and the danger of its complication states a necessity to focus on finding new ways to control it. The present study then was performed to survey the effect of L-Arginin supplementation on the metabolism of sugar and lipid profiles in patients with diabetes type 2. Materials & Methods: In a randomized double-blind clinical trial, 75 patients with diabetes type 2 were divided into three groupsrandomly: 1. 3 gr L-Arginin per day, 2. 6 gr L-Arginin per day and 3. The placebo group. Height, weight, waist, High Density Lipoprotein (HDL), Triglycerides (TG), Low Density ipoprotein (LDL), and the total cholesterol were measured before and after three months of intervention. Results: no significant change was made in any of the lipid parameters in the intervention group. However, the two means of cholesterol and LDL decreased from169.12±34.83 mg/dl to 142.08±32.13mg/dl(P-Value SP - 99 EP - 110 AU - asadi, sara AU - mozaffari khosravi, hasan AU - Rahimi, MahnazMehdi AU - Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi AD - Fasa University of Medical Sciences KW - Garlic KW - lead KW - kidney KW - rat. UR - http://jabs.fums.ac.ir/article-1-491-en.html ER -