More on type 2 diabetes.
Started in 1977, the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study was designed to determine whether glucose control decreases diabetes-related complications and increases life expectancy. A second arm of the study investigated the role of tighter control of blood pressure in patients with both diabetes and hypertension.The results in the following tables may surprise you.They come from this article. You can click on the three tables below to enlarge them.



Blowing the whistle on review articlesReading the rapid responses at the end of these articles is well worth it.
Then read this
The diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT) in type 1 diabetes and the UK prospective diabetes study (UKPDS) in type 2 diabetes showed that the lower the glycated haemoglobin achieved the lower the risk of microvascular complications.
And the truth is???
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