Maissa T Shawagfeh1 
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Munir T Shawagfeh2,
Israa F Yousef3
For correspondence:- Maissa Shawagfeh Email: mtash48@bau.edu.jo
Received: 1 March 2026 Accepted: 15 July 2026 Published: 31 July 2026
Citation: Shawagfeh MT, Shawagfeh MT, Yousef IF. Sodium, potassium and calcium ions in diabetic patients' serum and their correlation with glycaemic control in Jordanian patients: A cross-sectional study. Trop J Pharm Res 2026; 25(7):1003-1006 doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v25i7.13
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Purpose: To assess the correlation among calcium (Ca+2), potassium (K+), and sodium (Na+) electrolyte disturbances with glycaemic control in Jordanian diabetic patients in a cross-sectional study. Methods: The data of 236 patients were enrolled in the study, of which 120 were diabetic patients, while the remaining 116 non-diabetic patients were used as controls. Data were selected from different departments of King Talal Military Hospital in Mafraq, Jordan. Fasting blood glucose, Na+, K+, and Ca+2 were analyzed by the ROCHE module Cobas analyzer using ROCHE kits in the hospital laboratories. Results: Diabetic patients were of mean age of (61.1 ± 15.9) years. Sodium (Na+) showed a significant negative correlation, Calcium (Ca+2) showed an insignificant negative correlation, while Potassium (K+) showed a positive association with fasting blood glucose. Conclusion: The study demonstrates that there are differences between electrolytes (Na+, K+, Ca+2) in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic patients, suggesting that monitoring them will help in disease management.
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