Endocrine Abstracts

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...