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. 2019 Nov;42(11):e181-e182.
doi: 10.2337/dc19-0891. Epub 2019 Sep 23.

Intensive Glycemic Control Improves Long-term Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT)

Lily Agrawal  1 , Nasrin Azad  2 , Gideon D Bahn  3 , Peter D Reaven  4 , Rodney A Hayward  5 , Domenic J Reda  6 , Nicholas V Emanuele; VADT Study Group
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Intensive Glycemic Control Improves Long-term Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT)

Lily Agrawal et al. Diabetes Care. 2019 Nov.
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Kaplan-Meier analysis of time to renal composite from randomization in the VADT to end of 15 years (15 November 2000–30 June 2017). The x-axis shows “subjects at risk” at each year since randomization in the INT and STD cohorts. HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.68, 0.97; P = 0.02.
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