Glycemic profile of three different insulin regimes during the month of Ramadan

• Main Authors: Omar, Mohd Rahman, Muhayidin, Azura Dina, A. Wahab, Norasyikin, Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Wan Seman, Wan Juani, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, Mustafa, Norlaila, Sukor, Norlela, Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Society (MEMS) 2016
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52038/1/glycemic%20profiles%20of%203%20insulin%20regimes%20in%20ramadan.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52038/; http://www.jmems.org
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: Based on the EPIDIAR study 2001, about 79% of type 2 diabetic Muslims fast, 9.4% of them were on insulin alone and 7.3% on combination with oral antidiabetic agent with the incidence of hypoglycaemia increasing by a ratio of 7 times and hyperglycaemia crisis by 5 times, patients who ar...