The Effect of Intensive Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

To the Editor: The report of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (Sept. 30 issue) 1 provided much information about the importance of achieving strict control of blood glucose levels through intensive treatment in diabetic patients. Patients with hypertension were excluded, and base-line bl...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 330; no. 9; pp. 641 - 642
Main Authors Townsend, R R, Kapoor, S C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 03.03.1994
Subjects
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - therapy
Humans
Hypertension - drug therapy
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Summary:To the Editor: The report of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (Sept. 30 issue) 1 provided much information about the importance of achieving strict control of blood glucose levels through intensive treatment in diabetic patients. Patients with hypertension were excluded, and base-line blood pressures were similar in the patients in the conventional-therapy and the intensive-therapy groups. We wonder whether changes in blood pressure during the study affected the outcomes, given the importance of blood pressure in the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy 2 and nephropathy 3 and the controversy over the effects of insulin on blood pressure 4 . What changes in . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199403033300914