Regulation of glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes: a review and consensus.
A conference was convened by the Korean Diabetes Association and the Korean Endocrine Society on September 7, 2009 to discuss and organize the results of research on intensive glucose control for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. Professor Kyung Soo Park led the conference, and Professors Kwang Won Kim and Ho Young Son acted as chairmen. Professors Doo Man Kim, Tae Sun Park, and Bong Soo Cha reported on intensive glucose control and diabetic complications, including the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT) research results, the recently published Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD), Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE), and Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) research, as well as meta-analyses. Professor Jeong-Taek Woo reported on the manuscript written by the committee for the Korean Diabetes Association which dealt with the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Professors Kyung Soo Ko, Joong Yeol Park, Hyun Shik Son, Moon-Kyu Lee, Dong-Won Byun, and Yoon-Sok Chung participated in the discussion and collected information for the manuscript from all of the participants. The aim of the debate was to determine how to establish target goals for intensive glucose control and how to individualize those goals. The participants concluded that there was no need to modify the recommendation of maintaining an HbA1c under 6.5%, the current blood glucose treatment goal that is recommended by the Korean Diabetes Association. In addition, individual target goals for glucose control were recommended depending on the situation of each patient. We report on the consensus statement from the meeting.
Woo
Jeong-Taek
JT
Discussant and author of manuscript (The opinions of members of the committee on the treatment of diabetes mellitus, Korean Diabetes Association were collected in the manuscript writing.), Chairman of the Committee on the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, Korean Diabetes Association, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Korea.
Park
Kyung Soo
KS
Byun
Dong-Won
DW
Ko
Kyung Soo
KS
Chung
Yoon-Sok
YS
Kim
Doo Man
DM
Park
Tae Sun
TS
Cha
Bong Soo
BS
Lee
In Kyu
IK
Park
Joong Yeol
JY
Son
Hyun Shik
HS
Lee
Moon-Kyu
MK
Kim
Kwang Won
KW
Son
Ho Young
HY