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Intensive glucose control increased mortality and did not prevent cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.13.6.169

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    R P Byington

    Dr R P Byington, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; bbyingto@wfubmc.edu

    STUDY DESIGN

    Design:

    randomised controlled trial (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes [ACCORD]).

    Allocation concealment:

    concealed.*

    Blinding:

    blinded (outcome adjudication committee and laboratory staff).*

    STUDY QUESTION

    Setting:

    77 centres in the USA and Canada.

    Patients:

    10 251 patients 40–79 years of age (mean age 62 y, 61% …

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    • Source of funding: National Institutes of Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; General Clinical Research Centers.