Endocrine Abstracts

INTRODUCTION:Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most important problems which has greater health care impact in Spain. It is concluded from the DCCT study on DM1 and UKPDS in DM2 that control of HbA1c levels is essential to reduce chronic complications. Guidelines suggest maintaining HbA1c levels below 7%.PATIENTS AND METHODS:Design: Epidemiological, longitudinal, prospective and multicenter study in Spain, with two cohorts, DM1 (n=40...