Abstract
In patients with type 2 diabetes the risk of diabetic complications was strongly associated with previous hyperglycaemia. Any reduction in HbA(1c) is likely to reduce the risk of complications, with the lowest risk being in those with HbA(1c) values in the normal range (<6.0%).
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MedicineDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineType 2 diabetesUnited Kingdom Prospective Diabetes StudyMacrovascular diseaseRelative riskMyocardial infarctionIncidence (geometry)RetinopathyStroke (engine)Prospective cohort studyConfoundingSurgeryCardiologyConfidence intervalEndocrinology
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- 321
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- 7258
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Irene Stratton
(2000).
Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 35): prospective observational study.
BMJ
, 321
(7258)
, 405-412.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7258.405
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- 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.405