Why the study?
Does an intensified antihypertensive therapy programme reduce mortality in hypertensive type 1 diabetic patients with overt diabetic nephropathy?
Population
91 hypertensive type 1 diabetic patients with overt diabetic nephropathy
Comparison
Intensified antihypertensive therapy programme… vs Routine antihypertensive treatment as provided…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Intensified therapy was associated with lower mortality in type 1 diabetic nephropathy; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Does an intensified antihypertensive therapy programme reduce mortality in hypertensive type 1 diabetic patients with overt diabetic nephropathy?
Intensified antihypertensive therapy significantly reduces long-term mortality, dialysis, blindness, and amputation in patients with type 1 diabetes and overt nephropathy.
Trocha et al. (1999) studied this question.
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