Relationship of surfactant protein-D with random blood glucose and extra pulmonary infections in type-2 diabetes mellitus Authors Shireen Jawed Department of Physiology, Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan Komal Atta Department of Physiology, The University of Faisalabad, Pakistan Sadaf Zia Department of Physiology, University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan Benash Altaf Department of Physiology, Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.818 Abstract Objectives: To compare surfactant protein-D levels in type 2 diabetics and non-diabetics, and to explore its link with random blood glucose and extra-pulmonary infections. Methods: The case-control study was conducted in 2012-13 at the Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and comprised diabetic cases and non-diabetic controls. Extra pulmonary infections, body mass index and random blood glucose levels were noted and serum surfactant protein-D was analysed using enzynme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: Of the 120 subjects, 60(50%) each were cases and controls. Significant negative correlation was found between surfactant protein-D and infections (rs= -0.495, p=0.0001). A negative association between random blood glucose and surfactant protein-D was found, but it was not significant (p=0.15). Relative risk for extra-pulmonary infections in diabetics was 2 times higher than the controls (odds ratio: 2.10, p=0.04). Conclusion: Serum surfactant protein-D was found to have negative association with extra-pulmonary infections. Key Words: Extra-pulmonary infections, Hexokinase method, Random blood glucose, Continuous... Downloads Full Text Link Published 2020-11-02 How to Cite Shireen Jawed, Komal Atta, Sadaf Zia, & Benash Altaf. (2020). Relationship of surfactant protein-D with random blood glucose and extra pulmonary infections in type-2 diabetes mellitus. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(1), 195–200. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.818 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 71 No. 1 (2021): JANUARY "B" Section Original Article