Journal Pre-proof Effect of inorganic nitrate on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes: A 24-week randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Zahra Bahadoran, Ph.D, Reza Norouzirad, Ph.D, Parvin Mirmiran, Ph.D, Zahra Gaeini, M.Sc, Sajad Jeddi, Ph.D, Majid Shokri, M.Sc, Fereidoun Azizi, M.D, Asghar Ghasemi, Ph.D PII: S1089-8603(20)30216-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2020.12.005 Reference: YNIOX 2024 To appear in: Nitric Oxide Received Date: 22 August 2020 Revised Date: 24 November 2020 Accepted Date: 14 December 2020 Please cite this article as: Z. Bahadoran, R. Norouzirad, P. Mirmiran, Z. Gaeini, S. Jeddi, M. Shokri, F. Azizi, A. Ghasemi, Effect of inorganic nitrate on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes: A 24-week randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, Nitric Oxide, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.niox.2020.12.005. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.