Journal article
Rationale, design and recruitment characteristics of a large, simple international trial of diabetes prevention: the DREAM trial
Abstract
Aims/hypothesisDiabetes is a rapidly rising independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and serious illness. This risk can be reduced by lifestyle changes and/or various drugs. Novel therapies to prevent diabetes, as well as new risk factors for diabetes, atherosclerosis and obesity require testing and identification.MethodsPeople with impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance were randomised to ramipril (15 mg/day) or placebo and …
Authors
The DREAM Trial Investigators
Journal
Diabetologia, Vol. 47, No. 9, pp. 1519–1527
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1007/s00125-004-1485-5
ISSN
0012-186X