Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Endogenous peptide apelin has profound hypotensive and inotropic effects, improves glucose utilization, which emphasizes its importance in the pathogenesis as essential hypertension (EH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aim of this study was to investigate the blood levels of apelin in patients with EH in combination with T2DM.Description of methods/design: The examination involved 19 patients with EH grades 2–3 with T2DM (eigh...