Endocrine Abstracts

The Management of both type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) involves careful monitoring and treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and hyperglycaemia. Aggressive treatment of high blood pressure and high cholesterol has been proven effective in reducing mortality in both T1DM and T2DM. Various guidelines advocate certain values for blood pressure and for cholesterol to be aimed for. These cut-off values have been pushed downwards constantly during the last 3 d...