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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 9-10
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0394  

Bezafibrate decreases the incidence and delays the onset of type 2 diabetes

Kate Matthews

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Type 2 diabetes is a major global health problem that could be prevented by lifestyle changes and pharmacologic therapies that alter primary lipid metabolism. Bezafibrate is a fibrate derivative with triglyceride-lowering and HDL-cholesterol-raising properties that can reduce the incidence of diabetes in patients with impaired fasting glucose levels.

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