ea0049gp108 | Diabetes therapy & complications 2 | ECE2017
Rizvi Ali
, Patti Angelo Maria
, Castellino Giuseppa
, Mannina Carlo
, Nikolic Dragana
, Giglio Rosaria Vincenza
, Chianetta Roberta
, Montalto Giuseppe
, Rizzo Manfredi
Introduction: Liraglutide exerts cardio-protective effects beyond of those on glucose metabolism, affecting several cardio-metabolic parameters, such as subclinical atherosclerosis. However, it is not known if those effects differ in the long-term between pre-elderly and elderly subjects with type-2 diabetes (T2DM).Methods: We included 135 subjects with T2DM divided in 2 groups: i) 71 pre-elderly subjects (46 men and 25 women, 55±7 years), and ii) 6...