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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Nov 23;122(21):2201–2211. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.913350

Table 2.

CVD Endpoint Trials of Intensive Glucose Control in Diabetes

DCCT/EDIC20 UKPDS21 ACCORD22 ADVANCE23 VADT24
Subjects 1,394 T1DM 3,867 T2DM 10,251 T2DM 11,140 T2DM 1,791 T2DM
Age (years) 27 53 62 66 60
Follow-up (years) 17 5.0 3.4 4.9 5.6
Targets glyco < 6.05% FPG < 6mmol/L
vs. Std
glyco < 6%
vs. 7-7.9%
glyco < 6.5
vs. >6.5%
glyco < 6%,
1.5% absolute
reduction
glucose 70-120 pre-
meal or <180mg/dl
post-meal
Duration
diabetes (years)
6 0 10 7 10
CVD (%) 0 2 35 32 40
Baseline BP
mmHg
115/73 135/82 136/75 145/81 132/76
Baseline LDL 109mg/dl 3.5mmol/L 2.7mmol/L 3.1mmol/L 2.8mmol/L
Baseline glyco
(%)
9.1 7.1 8.3 7.5 9.4
Result with
Intensive Control
42% Reduction CVD
(p = 0.02)
No difference Increased overall
mortality (HR 1.22,
p = 0.04)
No difference No difference