ea0032p465 | Diabetes | ECE2013
Niafar Mitra
, Jamali Behrad
, Alikhah Hosseyn
, Bahrami Amir
Introduction: Metformin is the only biguanide that is currently in use as an oral hypoglycemic agent in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). There are reports about the vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin users. This study was aimed to evaluate the vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 DM using metformin or other hypoglycemic agents.Methods: A descriptive-comparative study was performed on 400 patients with type 2 DM presenting t...