ea0022p314 | Diabetes | ECE2010
Kristensen Peter Lommer
, Pedersen-Bjergaard Ulrik
, Olsen Niels Vidiendal
, Schalkwijk Caper
, Thorsteinsson Birger
Aims/hypothesis: Circulating erythropoietin (EPO) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) increase during hypoglycaemia and may represent a protective hormonal counter-regulatory response. We tested the hypothesis that low levels of EPO and VEGF are associated with a higher frequency of severe hypoglycaemia in a cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes.Methods: Two hundred and nineteen patients with type 1 diabetes (41% females, age 46±13 years...