ACCORD Final Analysis: Lowering Blood Sugar Improves Heart Disease Outcomes

http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/2014/12/accord-final-analysis-lowering-blood.html

This paper, Effects of intensive glycaemic control on ischaemic heart disease: analysis of data from the randomised, controlled ACCORD trial, was published by the Lancet last week,

After analyzing the data from the ACCORD study including data from a few years of follow-up, the researchers concluded that lowering A1c resulted in fewer heart attacks, revascularizations (i.e. coronary bypass operations or placements of stents), and unstable angina. The researchers summarized their findings saying,


"Raised glucose concentration is a modifiable risk factor for ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged people with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors." This means you can change that risk by lowering your blood sugar.

Thanks Yoly ! I hope the same results apply to T1 too :-)

This ties in with the UK UK Prospective Diabetes Study , but using drugs to lower A1c still carries risks LC does the same job with minimum or no medication