ea0016p257 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008
Alexandraki Krystallenia I
, Piperi Christina
, Ziakas Panayiotis D
, Apostolopoulos Nikolaos V
, Makrilakis Konstantinos
, Syriou Vassiliki
, Diamanti-Kandarakis Evanthia
, Kaltsas Gregory A
, Kalofoutis Anastasios
Background: Low-grade systemic chronic inflammation has been recognized in diabetes. The purpose of this study was the assessment of proinflammatory cytokines secretion profile in long-standing diabetes along with the presence of systemic inflammation.Methods: Twenty patients with type 1 (T1DM: 7 women, age (±S.E.M.): 30.90±1.93 years, duration of disease: 142.47±28.34 months) and 21 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus T2...