Secretory units of islets in transplantation index is a useful clinical marker to evaluate the efficacy of sitagliptin in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

We carried out a retrospective analysis of 40 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received sitagliptin. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting plasma glucose were significantly decreased from 7.53 ± 0.65% and 155.2 ± 29.4 mg/dL at baseline to 6.80 ± 0.60% (P < 0.01) and 131.2 ± 2...

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Main Authors: Kubota, Akira, Matsuba, Ikuro, Saito, Tatsuhiko, Nabe, Koichiro, Seino, Yutaka
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019306/