By Lynne Peterson, Special Correspondent, MedPage Today
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
September 13, 2005
Review
ATHENS, Sept. 13-The first Global Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes were issued today by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and they call for a more aggressive treatment target than the American Diabetes Association guidelines' goal.
The IDF Guidelines, presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes meeting here, recommend maintaining glycosylated blood glucose levels (HbA1c) below 6.5%.