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A1 Mann DM, Woodward M, Ye F, Krousel-Wood M, Muntner P
T1 Trends in medication use among us adults with diabetes mellitus: Glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD October 12
VO 169
IS 18
SP 1718
OP 1725
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.296
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.296
AB 
Successful reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among people with diabetes mellitus is increasingly reliant on combination pharmacotherapy targeting its major risk factors, especially hypertension and high cholesterol level.1 The impact of tight hyperglycemia control on CVD and mortality risk is currently unclear, but its control is a major part of comprehensive diabetes care and is also increasingly attained through combination therapy.2- 4 We sought to examine the competing treatment priorities for US adults with diabetes by analyzing the use of antidiabetes, antihypertensive, and statin medications over time from the population-based National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 1999 and 2006.