RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Vinall, Maria
T1 Large Outcomes Trials are Crucial for Understanding Diabetes
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 20
SP 6
OP 7
DO 10.1177/155989771420002
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/20/6.abstract
AB Large outcomes trials are crucial to the understanding of how best to treat patients with diabetes, and the results from meta-analyses, administrative databases, and epidemiologic data from small trials are no replacement. While the data from these trials are useful in that they can be used to identify risk factors, the relationship between risk factors and outcomes is not always clear.