ea0022p126 | Cardiovascular endocrinology and lipid metabolism | ECE2010
Rasic-Milutinovic Zorica
, Vujovic Marina
, Perunicic-Pekovic Gordana
, Popovic Vesna
, Tica Jelena
, Gluvic Zoran
, Lackovic Milena
, Bokan Ljiljana
Background and aim: Iron overload and inflammation might participate in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in community. The improvement of insulin resistance in hemodialysis (HD) patients is frequently seen after correction of anemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of recobinant humam erythropoietin (Epo) treatment on insulin resistance in non-diabetic HD patients.Patients and methods: We investigated the effects of 6 months-...