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The relationship between glucose-lowering approaches and macrovascular complications is less clear.
Practitioners should be cautious in assuming glucose-lowering therapies will reduce macrovascular complications.
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The relationship between glucose-lowering approaches and reduced incidence and/or progression of macrovascular complications is less clear.
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Glucose Control and Vascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: Is the Picture Clear?
Francesco Giorgino et al. · Diabetes Care · 2016
DOI 10.2337/dcs15-3023
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