United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study

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In health care, the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) is a randomized controlled trial of the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2.[1][2]

The UKPDS has created a clinical prediction rule.[3][4]

The study's website is at http://www.dtu.ox.ac.uk/ukpds_trial/.

references

  1. (1998) "Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33). UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Group". Lancet 352 (9131): 837–53. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(98)07019-6. PMID 9742976. Research Blogging. Review by ACP Journal Club
  2. (1998) "Effect of intensive blood-glucose control with metformin on complications in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 34). UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Group.". Lancet 352 (9131): 854-65. PMID 9742977.
  3. Stevens RJ, Kothari V, Adler AI, Stratton IM, United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Group (2001). "The UKPDS risk engine: a model for the risk of coronary heart disease in Type II diabetes (UKPDS 56).". Clin Sci (Lond) 101 (6): 671-9. PMID 11724655[e]
  4. UKPDS Risk Engine