Initial Management of Glycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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- 24 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (17) , 1342-1349
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcp021106
Abstract
An asymptomatic 45-year-old Hispanic man has a fasting plasma glucose level of 142 mg per deciliter (7.9 mmol per liter) on initial evaluation and 139 mg per deciliter (7.7 mmol per liter) on reevaluation. Other than a steady gain in weight since college and borderline hypertension, his medical history is unremarkable. He is 175 cm (5 ft 9 in.) tall and weighs 95 kg (209 lb; body-mass index, 31.2), and his blood pressure is 138/88 mm Hg. Physical examination is notable only for abdominal obesity and absent ankle reflexes. How should this patient be treated?This publication has 58 references indexed in Scilit:
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