Intensive diabetes therapy and ocular surgery in type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) showed a beneficial effect of 6.5 years of intensive glycemic control on retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

Between 1983 and 1989, a total of 1441 patients with type 1 diabetes in the DCCT were randomly assigned to receive either intensive diabetes therapy or conventional therapy aimed at preventing hyperglycemic symptoms. They were treated and followed until 1993. Subsequently, 1375 of these patients were followed in the observational Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study. The self-reported history of ocular surgical procedures was obtained annually. We evaluated the effect of intensive therapy as compared with conventional therapy on the incidence and cost of o

SUBMITTER: DCCT/EDIC Research Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465212 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature