A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effect of ezetimibe on glucose metabolism in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Saito, Itori ^a   Azuma, Kyoichi ^a   Kakikawa, Taro ^a   Oshima, Nobuyuki ^a   Hanson, Mary E ^b   Tershakovec, Andrew M ^b  

^a Merck Sharp Dohm Res Labs Japan   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasting plasma glucose; Glycoalbumin; HbA1c; Japanese; LDL C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; EZETIMIBE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GLYCOSYLATED SERUM ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EZETIMIBE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84930002972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12944-015-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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