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Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
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BACKGROUND: Intensified multifactorial intervention - with tight glucose regulation and the use of renin-angiotensin system blockers, aspirin, and lipid-lowering agents - has been shown to reduce the risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria. We evaluated whether this approach would have an effect on the rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes. METHODS: In the Steno-2 Study, we randomly assigned 160 patients with type 2 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria to receive either intensive therapy or conventional therapy; the mean treatment period was 7.8 years. Patients were subsequently followed observationally for a mean of 5.5 years, until December 31, 2006. The primary end point at 13.3 years of follow-up was the time to death from any cause. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients in the intensive-therapy group died, as compared with 40 in the conventional-therapy group (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32 to 0.89; P=0.02). Intensive therapy was associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes (hazard ratio, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.19 to 0.94; P=0.04) and of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.67; P<0.001). One patient in the intensive-therapy group had progression to end-stage renal disease, as compared with six patients in the conventional-therapy group (P=0.04). Fewer patients in the intensive-therapy group required retinal photocoagulation (relative risk, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.23 to 0.86; P=0.02). Few major side effects were reported. CONCLUSIONS: In at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive intervention with multiple drug combinations and behavior modification had sustained beneficial effects with respect to vascular complications and on rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00320008.)
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“However, trials of interventions for single risk factors have shown efficacy in reducing the development and progression of complications.[4][5][6][7][8][9]”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Abstract
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The Discussion reports that tighter blood-pressure control in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes reduced the risk of diabetes-related complications. The Analyses of surrogate end points section also reports less deterioration in retinopathy, supporting the claim about progression. This paper establishes the point for blood pressure as a single risk factor, not for every intervention cited in the sentence. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“Furthermore, the risk of vascular complications was reduced by about half in the Steno-2 Study, our previous prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded trial, during an average of 7.8 years of intensified multitarget intervention aimed at concomitant risk factors.10”
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“Intensified multifactorial intervention -with tight glucose regulation and the use of renin-angiotensin system blockers, aspirin, and lipid-lowering agents -has been shown to reduce the risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria.”
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The CVD section (page unavailable) says reducing cardiovascular risk factors can prevent or slow CVD and reports cardiovascular benefits from lipid-lowering and blood-pressure treatment. The antiplatelet section also reports that aspirin helps prevent cardiovascular events. The copy does not establish that the specified combined intervention reduced nonfatal CVD specifically in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“However, few serious adverse effects were reported during regular interviews with patients.10,12”
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“Progression of diabetic retinopathy occurred in 41 patients in the intensive-therapy group and in 54 patients in the conventional-therapy group (relative risk, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.88; P = 0.01).”
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“During the entire observation period, diabetic nephropathy developed in 20 patients in the intensive-therapy group, as compared with 37 patients in the conventional-therapy group (relative risk, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.77; P = 0.004) (Fig. 4).”
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“The average number of recurrent events among patients with cardiovascular events was 2.0 in the intensive-therapy group and 3.3 in the conventional-therapy group.”
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“At the end of the follow-up period, the differences in risk factors between the groups had narrowed, primarily because of intensified treatment among patients in the original conventional-therapy group (Fig. 1A).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > R e sult s
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“Intensive therapy was associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes (hazard ratio, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.19 to 0.94; P = 0.04)”
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“The mean number of major cardiovascular events was 0.6 in the intensive-therapy group and 2.0 in the conventional-therapy group.”
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“hypertensive agents, and lipid-lowering drugs each reduced the relative risk of cardiovascular events by about 25%, and the effects appeared to be additive.21,22”
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The Results section says that medications lowering cholesterol and blood pressure are proven interventions that reduce cardiovascular risk. It does not report a roughly 25% reduction for each drug class, address aspirin’s effect, or say the effects are additive. No page number is available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.80)
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“Twenty-four patients in the intensive-therapy group died, as compared with 40 in the conventional-therapy group (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32 to 0.89; P = 0.02).”
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“During the entire 13.3 years of follow-up, 24 patients (30%) in the intensive-therapy group died, as compared with 40 patients (50%) in the conventional-therapy group, which corresponded to an absolute risk reduction of 20% (P = 0.02 by the log-rank test) (Fig. 3A).”
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“The hazard ratio for death in the intensive-therapy group, as compared with the conventional-therapy group, was 0.54 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32 to 0.89; P = 0.02).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Abstract
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“A total of 209 cardiovascular events occurred during the 13.3 years of observation (Table 2 and Fig. 3B).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > 586
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“Deaths from cancer were as expected on the basis of data from the Danish Cancer Registry and did not differ significantly between the two study groups (two deaths in the intensivetherapy group and five in the conventional-therapy group).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > 586
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“No significant differences were observed between the two groups with respect to habits related to exercise and smoking, and only minor (although significant) changes were seen in the intake of carbohydrates and fat.”
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“There were also no significant differences in body weight or waist circumference (Table 1).”
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“In contrast, risk factors in the intensive-therapy group remained the same as they had been during the original trial, except for systolic blood pressure, which increased”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > R e sult s
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“The hazard ratio for death from cardiovascular disease tended to decrease in the intensive-therapy group after the end of the original trial, but the difference between the groups did not reach significance (P = 0.06).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > 586
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“Reductions in the progression of microvascular complications occurred after a mean of 3.8 years of intensified intervention, 12 changes that were maintained at 13.3 years.”
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“During the 13.3 years of observation, at least one minor episode of symptomatic hypoglycemia was reported in 80% of patients in the intensivetherapy group and in 70% of patients in the conventional-therapy group (P = 0.15).”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > 586
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“Two patients in the intensive-therapy group and one in the conventional-therapy group reported having muscle pain after statin treatment; however, no elevation of the serum creatine kinase level was seen.”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > 586
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“Only the control of systolic blood pressure deteriorated in the intensive-therapy group, whereas glucose levels, lipid levels, diastolic blood pressure, and the rate of urinary albumin excretion improved in the conventional-therapy group, leaving the two study groups with similar levels of risk factors after 13.3 years.”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Dis cus sion
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“The average number of physicianprescribed drugs for type 2 diabetes or its complications in the intensive-therapy group at the end of the follow-up period was 5.5, as compared with 5.7 in the conventional-therapy group (P = 0.64).”
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“Therefore, the reductions in riska 59% reduction in the relative risk and a 29% reduction in the absolute risk -in the composite of cardiovascular events fit with projections from trials involving single risk factors.21”
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“A bleeding gastric ulcer developed in one patient in the intensive-therapy group.”
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“Five patients in the intensive-therapy group and four patients in the conventional-therapy group reported having a cough during treatment with angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors.The cough disappeared in all patients after a change to an angiotensin II antagonist.”
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“The drugs used in our study differed between the study groups.For instance, a larger proportion of patients in the intensive-therapy group took metformin or sulfonylurea, despite the similar levels of glycemia in the two groups.”
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“The rate of death among patients with type 2 diabetes is approximately twice as high as that among persons without the disorder.2,3”
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“It was estimated that this plan for analyzing death from any cause would provide a statistical power of 0.75 and a type I error rate of 0.05 in detecting a reduction in the relative risk of death of 40% in the intensive-therapy group.”
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“The need for laser treatment of either proliferative retinopathy or macular edema was evaluated by ophthalmologists at the eye clinic of the Steno Diabetes Center, who were unaware of study-group assignments.”
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“Data regarding tertiary end points were censored according to prespecified intervals and analyzed with the use of a proportional-hazards model, with adjustment for age, duration of diabetes, sex, and microvascular status at baseline; these results are expressed as relative risks.”
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“An independent committee whose members were unaware of study-group assignments from the intervention portion of the Steno-2 Study adjudicated the specified end points.”
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“In at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive intervention with multiple drug combinations and behavior modification had sustained beneficial effects with respect to vascular complications and on rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes.”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Abstract
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- Rests on an assumption: The mortality benefit observed during the observational follow-up is attributable to the original randomized intensive therapy, despite the conventional-therapy group receiving intensified treatment after the trial and the narrowing of risk-factor differences.
- Rests on an assumption: The results from this trial population of white Danish patients with type 2 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria generalize to the broader population of at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes.
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“The measurements were obtained by a single laboratory technician who was not aware of the original studygroup assignments.”
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“Three patients withdrew during follow-up because they moved to other regions: one patient in the intensive-therapy group withdrew after 3.2 years, and two patients in the conventional-therapy group withdrew after 0.4 and 4.7 years.”
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“Of the 160 patients who were enrolled in the Steno-2 Study, 27 died and 3 (including 1 patient in the intensive-therapy group) withdrew before the end-of-trial examinations in 2001.”
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“The protocol for the follow-up trial specified that no analyses of death from any cause would be performed until at least 60 patients had died, as verified by online death registration, and until at least half the patients in either the intensive-therapy group or the conventional-therapy group had died.”
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“Diabetic retinopathy was graded according to the six-level grading scale of the European Community-funded Concerted Action Programme into the Epidemiology and Prevention of Diabetes (EURODIAB) by two independent eye specialists who were unaware of the patients' study-group assignments”
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“All end points were analyzed according to the intention-to-treat principle.”
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“No other patients were lost to follow-up.”
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“At follow-up examination, 84% of patients in the intensive-therapy group and 87% of those in the conventional-therapy group were still being treated at diabetes clinics.”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Study Population
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“T ype 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a high rate of complications related to cardiovascular disease and diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy.[1][2][3]”
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“In the DCCT follow-up trial, glucose regulation deteriorated in the original intensive-therapy group and improved in the control group, resulting in a convergence of the glycemic levels in the two groups.”
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“The study encompassed treatment goals similar to those recommended in the current guidelines of the American Diabetes Association.11”
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“Recent surveys have shown very slow progress in achieving treatment goals and in the use of recommended drugs for the prevention of diabetic vascular complications.31,32”
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“Therefore, since intensive, multifactorial care of patients with type 2 diabetes leads to reduced rates of death and cardiovascular disorders, the early and meticulous implementation of current treatment guidelines remains a major challenge.”
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“The effect of blood-pressure reduction on cardiovascular end points usually occurs within months, 26,27 whereas the effect of lipid lowering is evident after 1 to 2 years.8,28,29”
§ Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes > Dis cus sion
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“Indeed, during continuous follow-up, this reduction translated into a significant absolute risk reduction of 6.3% in the need for dialysis, a condition that in many parts of the world is tantamount to death.30”
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“It is man-datory by law for a physician to complete a death certificate for any death occurring in Denmark; the data are coded and retained in the computerized Danish Death Registry.16”
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“We did not monitor adverse effects continuously.”
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“After an average follow-up of 17 years, the original intensive-therapy treatment was associated with an absolute risk reduction of 2.8% for a composite cardiovascular end point.”
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“Our study was not designed to identify which elements of intensive diabetes therapy contributed most to the reduction in cardiovascular risk.”
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The mortality benefit observed during the observational follow-up is attributable to the original randomized intensive therapy, despite the conventional-therapy group receiving intensified treatment after the trial and the narrowing of risk-factor differences.
“At the end of the follow-up period, the differences in risk factors between the groups had narrowed, primarily because of intensified treatment among patients in the original conventional-therapy group (Fig. 1A).”
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The results from this trial population of white Danish patients with type 2 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria generalize to the broader population of at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes.
“In at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive intervention with multiple drug combinations and behavior modification had sustained beneficial effects with respect to vascular complications and on rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes.”
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“Furthermore, large benefits are seen when multiple cardiovascular risk factors (glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid management) are addressed simultaneously, with evidence for long-lasting benefits (3)(4)(5).”
From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [4]
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“large benefits are seen when multiple cardiovascular risk factors (glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid management) are addressed simultaneously, with evidence for long-lasting benefits (3–5).”
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“Numerous studies have shown the efficacy of managing individual cardiovascular risk factors in preventing or slowing ASCVD in people with diabetes.”
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“Despite multifactorial treatment in the STENO-2 trial, renal disease still developed in 25% of patients over 13 years [15].”
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“Long-term follow-up (21 years from baseline) showed significantly reduced end-stage renal disease combined with death (HR 0.53; 95% CI, 0.35-0.80),and risk of HF hospitalization reduced by 70%.362”
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“After a further 5 years of observational follow-up this was associated with a significant reduction in cardiovascular mortality.456”
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“ASCVD morbidity and mortality have decreased (3,4).”
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“Prolonged follow up showed that in some instances the benefit is retained for 10 years or more153–155”
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“Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors812), angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers813), and calcium channel antagonists814) have been reported to be effective for preventing cardiovascular events in patients with DM.”
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“Large benefits are seen when multiple risk factors are addressed globally (154).”
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Insulin-plus-oral therapy exceeds insulin use
MinorAt the end of follow-up in the intensive-therapy group, 83% are reported as using insulin plus an oral hypoglycemic agent, but only 73% are reported as using insulin. Combination users must be a subset of insulin users.
“| Insulin plus an oral hypoglycemic | 0 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 83 | 42 † |”
“| Insulin (%) | 6 | 14 | 57 | 54 | 73 | 82 |”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gæde, P., Lund-Andersen, H., Parving, H.-H., & Pedersen, O.
- Affiliations
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2008-02-07
- Volume
- 358
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 580-591
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2170271198
- Cited by
- 3,465
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 66 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 106 · 2023: 132 · 2022: 126 · 2021: 168 · 2020: 181 · 2019: 160 · 2018: 182 · 2017: 178 · 2016: 208 · 2015: 204 · 2014: 252 · 2013: 236 · 2012: 250
- FWCI
- 181.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Novo Nordisk
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Keywords
- type 2 diabetes, tight glycemic control, multifactorial intervention, microalbuminuria, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, aspirin, lipid-lowering drugs, end-stage renal disease, retinal photocoagulation
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Hypolipidemic Agents, Aspirin, Behavior Therapy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Combined Modality Therapy, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Neuropathies, Drug Therapy, Combination, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Middle Aged, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Risk Factors, Kaplan-Meier Estimate
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