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ea0037ep445 | Diabetes (complications & therapy) | ECE2015

The effect of metformin on spontaneous apoptosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

Panchenko Aleksandra , Iryna Kondratska , Boris Mankovsky

Today, there are 382 million people living with diabetes. The overwhelming majority have a type 2 diabetes. Metformin is first-line drug is for many of them.Materials and methods: The study involved 26 patients in mean age 54.46±1.2 years (from 41 to 65), among them, 14 women and 12 men. 21 patients with newly diagnosed diabetes and five patients receiving treatment with sulfonylureas. All patients were prescribed metformin in mean dose 2000 mg. Dur...