Clinical Trial: Blood Donation Could Improve Insulin Sensitivity
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Ferritin
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Effects of a Standard Blood Bank Donation on Insulin Sensitivity in Adults With Pre-diabetes and Abdominal Obesity
Brief Summary:
Studies in the literature suggest that people with obesity have an excess of stored iron.There is possibly an inverse relationship between ferritin levels and the actions of insulin on glycemic control.The reduction of stored iron by simply donating blood could result in improvements in glycemic control in people with obesity and prediabetes.We propose, to reduce ferritin levels through a standard donation of a unit of whole blood, and to measure if it positively affects glycemic control.
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