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Glucose control reduces risk of kidney disease :-

Controlling blood glucose in type 2 diabetics reduces the risk of kidney disease by 21 percent, according to results of a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on Friday.
The study divided patients into two groups, one group receiving standard glucose control while the other receiving intensive glucose control. The average haemoglobin A1c, a standard measure of blood sugar, in the standard group was 7.5%. Glucose levels among those receiving intensive control was designed to reach a target A1c level of 6.5% or lower. Over five years the average level of A1c fell to 6.5% in the intensive group compared with 7.3% in the standard group.

“The average difference in haemoglobin A1c during follow-up was 0.7%,” Dr. Anushka Patel of The George Institute for International Health in Sydney, Australia, told Reuters Health.

The incidence of severe episodes of low blood sugar was 2.7% in the intensive glucose group and 1.5% in the group receiving standard care. “However, the overall incidence was really quite low and there was no evidence of any chronic event,” Dr Patel said. There was a 10% decrease in overall heart-related “events,” Patel reported, and the risk of kidney disease was lowered by 21% with tight blood sugar control.

“We did not find any evidence of an increase in cardiovascular deaths or deaths from other causes with intensive glucose management,” Patel said. This finding is in direct contrast with the findings of another study, which suggested intensive glucose management was associated with an increased risk of death. Reuters.