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Inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 worsens glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who drink low to moderate amounts of alcohol.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2000
Murata C, Suzuki Y, Muramatsu T, Taniyama M, Atsumi Y, Matsuoka K, Watanabe T, Okazaki I
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol intake can have hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic effects in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study was designed to investigate the glycemic control of male patients with diabetes mellitus from the aspect of the genetic status of alcohol metabolism. METHODS: One hundred sixty-three men with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled in the present study. They were all outpatients at...
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