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@article{Zhan2012SitagliptinIT,
  title={Sitagliptin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a meta‐analysis},
  author={Mei Zhan and Ting Xu and Fengbo Wu and Yao Tang},
  journal={Journal of Evidence‐Based Medicine},
  year={2012},
  volume={5},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:205981406}
}

The objective was to evaluate the benefits and harms of sitagliptin in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and to establish a baseline level of trust in the use of the drug.

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Assessment of β-Cell Function

These range from basal pharmacokinetic measures, e.g. measurement of fasting serum insulin concentration, to dynamic tests that measure insulin responses to glucose ± non-glucose stimuli, which have value in the early-phase development of new drugs for diabetes treatment.

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