Effect of Acarbose and Mixture of Pioglitazone and Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

• •Intolerance of metformin, pioglitazone and acarbose;
• •Severe liver disease or elevated transaminases (2.5-fold the upper limit);
• •Renal dysfunction or elevated creatinine (1.3-fold the upper limit);
• •Systemic steroids therapy or other medication influencing cholesterol metabolism in the past 3 months;
• •Infection or stress state in the past 4 weeks;
• •Pregnancy or lactation;
• •Patients otherwise adjudged by the investigator to be inappropriate for inclusion into the study.