Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy of sitagliptin combined with insulin aspart in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its effects on glucose and lipid metabolism, inflammatory factors and homocysteine (Hcy).Methods A total of 60 elderly patients with T2DM admitted to Taizhou Central Hospital and the Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University from January 2018 to December 2019 were randomly divided into observation group (30 cases) and control group (30 cases). The observation group was treated with sitagliptin combined with insulin aspart, while the control group was treated with insulin aspart. The treatment course of the two groups was 3 months. The overall effective rate after 3 months of treatment in the two groups was compared, and the changes of lipid metabolism, inflammatory factors [C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-18 (IL-18)], and Hcy levels before and after 3 months of treatment were compared.Results The overall effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) before and after treatment were higher in observation group compared with the control group (P < 0.05). As for the inflammatory factors, the differences of CRP, IL-6 and IL-18 before and after treatment in observation group were greater than those in control group (P < 0.05). Besides, the difference of Hcy before and after treatment in the observation group was also higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusions Sitagliptin combined with insulin aspart has a good curative effect on elderly patients with T2DM, and can improve blood lipid metabolism, ameliorate inflammatory responses and decrease Hcy level.