Update on the DCCT and EDIC

Update on the DCCT and EDIC

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Interview with:

John Lachin, MD, Professor of Bio­statistics and Epidemiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Background

The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) was launched in 1983. A long-term follow-up observational study of the original DCCT cohort was launched in 1994 and is continuing. These studies have illuminated the role of glucose in the devel­opment of diabetes complications.

The DCCT was conducted because it was not known whether actual levels of glucose...