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ea0035p468 | Diabetes therapy | ECE2014

Does statin use impairs glycaemic control in type 2 diabetic patients? A retrospective analysis

Bozkus Yusuf , Kut Altug , Anil Cuneyd , Isildak S Mehlika , Tutuncu Neslihan Bascil

While statins which are used safely to treat dyslipidemia, and improve cardiovascular mortality, recent articles claim that they also impairs glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients. Meta-analysis of larger scale studies indicate that use of statins is associated with an increase of 9% in diabetes onset. Despite that, we know not much about their effect on glucose regulation in patients already diagnosed with diabetes. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of sta...