Intensive Blood Glucose & Blood Pressure Control in Diabetics Reduces CAN Risk by Iswarya on December 17, 2020 at 12:22 PM
Intensive interventions to reduce blood glucose and blood pressure levels in type 2 diabetes decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN), a frequent but underdiagnosed complication of diabetes that can be life-threatening, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal
Diabetes Care.
The study is led by Alessandro Doria, MD, PhD, MPH, from the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, and Rodica Pop Busui, MD, PhD.
They also found that intensive control of blood glucose was more effective in individuals with no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and that blood pressure lowering was more effective in individuals older than 65 years, suggesting that some degree of personalization of risk reduction might be possible.