quarta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2008

UKPDS: intensive glucose control

10-Year Follow-up of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
Rury R. Holman, F.R.C.P., Sanjoy K. Paul, Ph.D., M. Angelyn Bethel, M.D., David R. Matthews, F.R.C.P., and H. Andrew W. Neil, F.R.C.P.
ABSTRACT
Background During the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received intensive glucose therapy had a lower risk of microvascular complications than did those receiving conventional dietary therapy. We conducted post-trial monitoring to determine whether this improved glucose control persisted and whether such therapy had a long-term effect on macrovascular outcomes.
Methods Of 5102 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, 4209 were randomly assigned to receive either conventional therapy (dietary restriction) or intensive therapy (either sulfonylurea or insulin or, in overweight patients, metformin) for glucose control. In post-trial monitoring, 3277 patients were asked to attend annual UKPDS clinics for 5 years, but no

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Karl disse...

Pô, Lotufo,

Você poderia pelo menos deixar o resumo inteiro e citar a revista, né?