Population
743 participants with T2DM, cardiovascular disease, both or neither from two centres in the UK.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Suggests diabetes duration may be a stronger clinical surrogate for advanced microvascular disease than Hb.
Good glycaemic control remains associated with better microvascular function in patients with T2DM and CVD, but this association is lost with prolonged diabetes duration, suggesting duration is a better surrogate for advanced disease.
Casanova et al. (2017) studied this question.
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