Impact of a multifactorial treatment programme on clinical outcomes and cardiovascular risk estimates: a retrospective cohort study from a specialised diabetes centre in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the impact of a multifactorial treatment programme in a real-life setting on clinical outcomes and estimated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Design

A retrospective observational cohort study, using data from the electronic medical records and national registers.

Setting

Tertiary diabetes centre in Denmark.

Participants

Patients with type 2 diabetes (n=4299) referred to a programme with focus on treatment of hyperglycaemia, hypertension and dyslipidaemia between 1 January 2001 and 1 April 2016.

Outcomes

Primary outcomes were changes in haemoglobin A1c (HbA_1c), blood pressure (BP) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as well as proportion reaching treatment targets. Our secondary outcome was to investigate c

SUBMITTER: Safai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875668 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature