The Value of Homocysteine, As a Prognostic Indicator of the Development of Chronic Cerebral Ischemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, and its chronic complications can lead to death and disability of patients [1, 5]. Nowadays in the world there are approximately 415 million patients with DM, and their number is increasing annually [2, 7]. Currently, about 193 million patients were not diagnosed. Chronic diabetes, which is not treated, causes many complications, and the incidence rate continues to rise even after the blood glucose level is under control [3, 9].