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This article originally posted 23 August, 2005 and appeared in  Issue 274

Test Your Knowledge Issue 274
The primary focus of the DCCT was:

 

 
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1. ACE inhibitors should be used in every patient with diabetes because of their renoprotective effects

2. Intensive treatments of patients with Type 1 diabetes was associated with a decrease in the risk of developing long term complications

3. Type 2 diabetes is best controlled with diet and exercise plus metformin and can often be prevented with this regimen in high risk individuals

4. Tight glycemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes reduces the microvascular complications in these patients

5. Many of the long term complications are not greatly affected by increasing the frequency of blood glucose monitoring

 
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This article originally posted 23 August, 2005 and appeared in  Issue 274

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