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. 2015 Jun 25;6(6):874–879. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i6.874

Table 3.

Clinical trial standards of United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study and Steno-2 compared to those in practice of evidence-based medicine studies

Variable Steno-2 (intensive arm) UKPDS Alphabet strategy
POEM POEM2004
Systolic BP (mmHg) ≤ 130 ≤ 144 ≤ 140 ≤ 130
Diastolic BP (mmHg) ≤ 80 ≤ 82 ≤ 80 ≤ 80
HbA1c (%) ≤ 6.5 ≤ 7 ≤ 7 ≤ 7
Cholesterol (mmol/L) ≤ 4.5 NA ≤ 5 ≤ 4

POEM: Practice of evidence-based medicine; UKPDS: United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study.