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JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH
Volume 2013, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2013/849295
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We analysed endothelial function and oxidative stress in patients with abnormal glucose metabolism, the effect of glucose load, and the impact of nateglinide. 109 participants were grouped into newly diagnosed diabetes, prediabetes, and control. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial plasma glucose (PPG), glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)), and glycated albumin (GA) varied significantly among the study groups (P < 0.01). Nitric oxide (NO) and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IRI) levels were markedly different between the newly diagnosed diabetes and the control (P < 0.01). Glucose loading lowered flow-mediated endothelium-dependent dilation (FMEDD), NO, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) (P < 0.01). Fasting and glucose loading FMEDD, FPG, PPG, HbA(1c), and GA were negatively correlated (r = -0.4573, -0.4602, -0.3895, -0.3897, and r = -0.4594, -0.4803, -0.4494, -0.3885; P < 0.01), whereas NO, SOD, and HOMA-beta were positively correlated (r = 0.2983, 0.3211, 0.311, and r = 0.1954, 0.361, 0.2569; P < 0.05). After the treatment with nateglinide, significant decreases in FPG, PPG, GA, HbA1C, endothelin-1(ET-1), malondialdehyde (MDA), and HOMA-IRI were observed, whereas FMEDD, NO, and SOD increased (P < 0.01). Thus, the study demonstrated the adverse effect of glucose load on endothelial function and oxidative stress. Nateglinide lowers blood glucose, reduces insulin resistance and oxidative stress, and improves endothelial function in newly diagnosed diabetes.
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