[Table/Fig-4]:

Serum zinc and other parameters in diabetic hypertensive and normotensive patients with microalbuminuria

Group	Group V n=52	Group IV n=62	p- value
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	151.1±12.5	122.8±6.7	<0.001
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	97.7±8.2	80.8±5.1	<0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.87±0.62	0.72±0.82	NS
Urinary zinc/creatine (ug/g)	3.09±1.47	3.02±1.35	NS
Microalbuminuria/creatinine (mg/g)	107.5±87.3	111.8±81.8	NS
Serum zinc (ug/dl)	55.0±14.2	56.8±13.8	NS
e-GFR (ml/min/1.73m2)	87.1±25.8	99.5±29.1	<0.05

*Results are mean+SD