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ea0020p401 | Diabetes and Cardiovascular | ECE2009

Association between inflamation markers and metabolic parameters in type 2 diabetic patients, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance

Ataman Erdinc , Dokmetas Sebila , Kilicli Fatih , Acibucu Fettah

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and metabolic syndrome (MS) is considered as the pre-diabetic stages. Recently, it has been suggested that inflammation is associated with the components of MS and it may also have a role in the development of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of inflammation in the pathogenesis of DM.The study groups consisted of 51 patients with type 2 DM, 28 patients with MS, and 26 pat...