Intensive treatment for type 1 diabetes is associated with lower risk of death

Initial intensive treatment for type 1 diabetes is associated with a modestly lower all cause mortality rate than conventional therapy, research published in JAMA has shown.

Researchers carried out a long term follow-up study of participants in the original Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, which included 1441 patients with type 1 diabetes who were aged 13 to 39.1 Of these people, 711 were assigned to receive intensive therapy that aimed to get …