Nine-Year Effects of 3.7 Years of Intensive Glycemic Control on Cardiovascular Outcomes

2016189 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

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Abstract

In high-risk people with type 2 diabetes monitored for 9 years, a mean of 3.7 years of intensive glycemic control had a neutral effect on death and nonfatal cardiovascular events but increased cardiovascular-related death.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes Treatment and Management Diabetes Management and Research Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 39, Issue 5, pp. 701-708

DOI: 10.2337/dc15-2283

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