Why the study?
Do angiotensin II receptor blockers provide renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Do angiotensin II receptor blockers provide renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
ARBs provide significant renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, regardless of hypertension status, and maximizing the ARB dose may be superior to adding other antihypertensive classes.
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May support ARB renal protection in normotensive type 2 diabetes with albuminuria; leaves open optimal dosing versus add-on regimens.
COYLE et al. (2004) studied this question.
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