ea0035p495 | Diabetes therapy | ECE2014
Kalra Sanjay
, Soegondo Sidartawan
, Schnell Oliver
, Sheu Wayne H-H
, Grzeszczak Wladyslaw
, Watada Hirotaka
, Yamamoto Noriyuki
, Weng Jianping
Introduction: Although alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (aGIs), including acarbose, are recommended in several international guidelines, they are not widely used worldwide due to a perception that they are less effective in Caucasians than Asians. A study was undertaken to investigate whether differences between ethnicity/region populations exist.Methods/design: We pooled data from 10 non-interventional and post-marketing studies from 21 countries, provinces...