JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Observational Study
Association between 7 years of intensive treatment of type 1 diabetes and long-term mortality.
Whether mortality in type 1 diabetes mellitus is affected following intensive glycemic therapy has not been established. ⋯ After a mean of 27 years' follow-up of patients with type 1 diabetes, 6.5 years of initial intensive diabetes therapy was associated with a modestly lower all-cause mortality rate when compared with conventional therapy.