Is Serum Zinc Level Associated with Prediabetes and Diabetes?: A Cross-Sectional Study from Bangladesh

• Md. Rafiqul Islam,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Iqbal Arslan,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Bangobondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• John Attia,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Mark McEvoy,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Patrick McElduff,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ariful Basher,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mymensingh Medical College, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

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• Waliur Rahman,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Bangobondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Roseanne Peel,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ayesha Akhter,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Shahnaz Akter,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child and Mother Health (ICMH), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Khanrin P. Vashum,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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• Abul Hasnat Milton

  * E-mail: milton.hasnat@newcastle.edu.au

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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