Abstract
Objective: To determine whether tight control of blood pressure prevents macrovascular and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Keywords
Type 2 diabetesMedicineBlood pressureInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusCardiologyEndocrinology
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- 1998
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- article
- Volume
- 317
- Issue
- 7160
- Pages
- 703-713
- Citations
- 6664
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UK Prospective Diabetes Study Group
(1998).
Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38.
BMJ
, 317
(7160)
, 703-713.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7160.703
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- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.317.7160.703