Results of the DCCT trial. Implications for managing our patients with diabetes.
Results of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DDCT) suggest that intensive therapy can prevent or delay the microvascular complications of diabetes. This article critically appraises evidence from the DCCT and other prospective trials and concludes that the successful results for persons with insulin-dependent diabetes cannot be generalized to most family practice diabetes patients, who have non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
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Discipline of Family Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000209:etiology; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies