RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 247
OP 253
VO 66
IS 4
A1 Christian E. Nasr
A1 Byron J. Hoogwerf
A1 Charles Faiman
A1 S. Sethu K. Reddy
YR 1999
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/4/247.abstract
AB The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) showed that intensive treatment (ie, glucose-lowering drugs, with a goal fasting blood glucose level of 108 mg/dL) decreases the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We summarize the key study results and their implications for clinical management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.