Basal insulin and cardiovascular and other outcomes in dysglycemia

Hertzel C Gerstein, Jackie Bosch, Gilles R Dagenais, Rafael Díaz, Hyejung Jung, Aldo P Maggioni, Janice Pogue, Jeffrey Probstfield, Ambady Ramachandran, Matthew C Riddle, Lars E Rydén, Salim Yusuf, ORIGIN Trial Investigators, Thure Krarup, Hans Jørgen Duckert Perrild, Christian Tobias Torp-Pedersen

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    Abstract

    The provision of sufficient basal insulin to normalize fasting plasma glucose levels may reduce cardiovascular events, but such a possibility has not been formally tested.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
    Volume367
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)319-28
    Number of pages10
    ISSN0028-4793
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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