Citation
(2010), "Systematic review: glucose control and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 15 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/cgij.2010.24815aae.015
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Systematic review: glucose control and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes
Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 15, Issue 1
T.N. Kelly, L.A. Bazzano, V.A. Fonseca, T.K. Thethi, K. Reynolds and J. He,Annals of Internal Medicine,2009,Vol. 151,pp. 394-403
This review found that intensive glucose control reduced the risk for some cardiovascular disease outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (e.g. non-fatal myocardial infarction), but did not reduce the risk for cardiovascular death or all-cause mortality, and increased the risk for severe hypoglycaemia. This appeared to be a reasonably well conducted review and the conclusions are likely to be reliable.