TY - JOUR T1 - United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 247 LP - 253 VL - 66 IS - 4 AU - Christian E. Nasr AU - Byron J. Hoogwerf AU - Charles Faiman AU - S. Sethu K. Reddy Y1 - 1999/04/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/4/247.abstract N2 - 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. ER -