title: The Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study (SDIS): 18 months' results.
abstract: Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), non-proliferative retinopathy and unsatisfactory blood glucose control were randomized to intensified conventional treatment (ICT, 48 patients) or regular treatment (RT, 54 patients) for a 5-year study. After 18 months the glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was reduced in both groups, but significantly more in the ICT group (p = 0.00005). Thirty of the RT patients and 16 from the ICT group deteriorated as to retinopathy (p = 0.024). Microalbuminuria appeared more often in the RT patients (p = 0.023), and nerve conduction velocities were significantly reduced only in the RT group (p between 0.0005 and 0.047). Serious hypoglycemia was more common in the ICT patients (p = 0.003). The progression of diabetic late complications was thus slowed down by intensified treatment, but at the price of an increased frequency of serious hypoglycemia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007328:Insulin