Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 35): prospective observational study.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation between exposure to glycaemia over time and the risk of macrovascular or microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: 23 hospital based clinics in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: 4585 white, Asian Indian, and Afro-Caribbean UKPDS patients, whether randomised or not to treatment, were included in analyses of incidence; of these, 3642 were included in analyses of relati...

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Authors: Stratton, I; Adler, A; Neil, H; Matthews, DR; Manley, SE

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 321
• Issue: 7258
• Pages: 405-412
• Publication date: 2000-08-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.405
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Confidence Intervals; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Heart Failure; Prospective Studies; Middle Aged; Cataract Extraction; Humans; Diabetic Angiopathies; Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated; Female; Multivariate Analysis; Time Factors; Risk; Myocardial Infarction; Proportional Hazards Models; Male; Incidence