Nesfatin-1 - as a diagnosis regulatory peptide in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: One of the most common metabolic diseases, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), is caused by a combination of two basic factors: insufficient insulin secretion by pancreatic -cells or a failure of insulin-sensitive tissues to respond adequately to insulin. The aim of this paper was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of serum nesfatin-1 in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: Sixty patients with T2DM were recruited from (Baquba Teaching Hospital) in Iraq during the period (from November 2021 - March 2022).