Eye Outcomes in Veteran Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) After 17 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the long-term role of intensive glycemic control (INT) compared with standard glycemic control in accumulated eye procedures in patients with advanced diabetes.

Research design and methods

We compared the effect of treatment assignment on the accumulated number of eye procedures during the intervention period of the Veteran Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) (2000-2008) (median follow-up 5.6 years), the interim VADT follow-up study (2000-2013), and the full 17 years of VADT follow-up (2000-2017). We further analyzed data using various cardiovascular markers in two models. Model I included total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and BMI. Model II included these co

SUBMITTER: Azad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8929183 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature