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ea0035p465 | Diabetes therapy | ECE2014

Metabolic control of our turkish diabetic patients on exenatide therapy: good at metabolic control but how about compliance?

Mirili Cem , Yurekli Banu Sarer , Kocabas Gokcen Unal , Kaya Zubeyde

Objective: Our aim is to evaluate the effect of exenatide treatment on body weight, HbA1c and compliance to treatment.Material and method: A total of 36 (five M and 31 F) type 2 diabetic patients who were prescribed exenatide were evaluated for this study. Body weight, BMI, HbA1c parameters and side effects were noted from the outpatient clinic records.Result: The median age of our patients was 52 years of old (19–79 years). M...

ea0035p406 | Diabetes complications | ECE2014

Is the ankle-brachial index directly associated with current glycemic control in diabetic patients? Preliminary results of our study

Yurekli Banu Sarer , Kocabas Gokcen Unal , Mirili Cem , Yurekli Ismail , Cakir Habib

Introduction: Association between ankle-brachial index (ABI) and coronary, cerebral, and peripheral vessels involvement has been shown in different studies. The normal range of ABI is between 0.9 and 1.4. Values below 0.9 show peripheral vessel disease. An ABI more than 1.4 is characteristic for vascular rigidity. We aimed to investigate the ABI value in our type 2 diabetic patients and association of ABI with glycemic control.Materials and methods: This...