Furan or thiopene derivative and medicinal use thereof

The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): [wherein R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, p is 0, 1 or 2, and when p is 2, each R may be the same or different, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, R2 is an optionally substituted aromatic group, Ring A is an optionally substituted monocyclic aromatic ring or optionally substituted bicyclic aromatic fused ring, X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, X2 is a bond, an oxygen atom or -S(O)n- (wherein n is 0, 1 or 2), Y is a bond, an oxygen atom, -S(O)m-, -C(-O)-N(R3)- or -N(R3)-C(-O)- (R3 is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and m is 0, 1 or 2), M1, M2 and M3 may be the same or different and are each independently a bond or an optionally substituted divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and M4 is an optionally substituted divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group] or a salt thereof, which is useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for lipid metabolism abnormality, arteriosclerotic disease and sequelae thereof, diabetes mellitus and the like.