Faramarz Ismail-Beigi, Timothy Craven, Mary Ann Banerji, Jan Basile, Jorge Calles, Robert M Cohen, Robert Cuddihy, William C Cushman, Saul Genuth, Richard H Grimm, Bruce P Hamilton, Byron Hoogwerf, Diane Karl, Lois Katz, Armand Krikorian, Patrick O'Connor, Rodica Pop-Busui, Ulrich Schubart, Debra Simmons, Harris Taylor, Abraham Thomas, Daniel Weiss, Irene Hramiak
BACKGROUND: Hyperglycaemia is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether reduction of blood glucose concentration decreases the rate of microvascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: ACCORD was a parallel-group, randomised trial done in 77 clinical sites in North America. People with diabetes, high HbA(1c) concentrations (>7.5%), and cardiovascular disease (or >or=2 cardiovascular risk factors) were randomly assigned by central randomisation to intensive (target haemoglobin A(1c) [HbA(1c)] of <6...
August 7, 2010: Lancet