A better future for children with type 1 diabetes: Review of the conclusions from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications study.

Full Abstract

Research shows a causal association between hyperglycemia and diabetic complications which include nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy and blood vessel and heart disease. Intensive control of blood glucose in children has been debated for years. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study followed more than 1,400 volunteers and intensely managed a portion of those patients over several years. Results from the DCCT study regarding the benefits of intensive diabetes management continue to be significant more than 15 years after they were published.

Author information

Author/s: Morales, Alba (A);

Affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Arkansas, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society (J Ark Med Soc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 106 (issue 4) : pp 90-3

Dates: Created 2009/10/09; Completed 2009/11/05;

PMID: 19813399, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/5/2009, IMS Date: )

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