Authors Wang H, Liu J, Zhao H
Published Date January 2015 Volume 2015:9 Pages 683—686
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S53048
Received 16 May 2014, Accepted 22 July 2014, Published 30 January 2015
Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a worldwide health problem,
and the rate of it is growing greatly in the People's Republic of China every
year. T2DM could cause macrovascular and microvascular complications that lead
to an increase in arterial wall thickness, endothelial dysfunction,
calcification, and – finally – to an increase in arterial stiffness and
arterial dysfunction. Alogliptin, a new selective inhibitor of dipeptidyl
peptidase 4, has shown its great antihyperglycemia effect in T2DM patients. The
clinical trial data from the People's Republic of China was similar to other
global and Asian trials. This could provide some choice for clinical physicians
to the treatment of T2DM.
Keywords: type 2 diabetes
mellitus, People's Republic of China, alogliptin, arterial function

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