Changes in the concept of type 2 diabetes mellitus management from the updated guidelines / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

The worldwide prevalence of diabetes mellitus is high, and the disease burden is mainly due to its various complications, such as cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. In recent years, with the development of related clinical research, the awareness of diabetes and the management strategies of its complications have also changed. In the update of domestic and international guidelines for management of diabetes, these changes were manifested as the management concept changes from emphasizing glucose-lowering to outcome, which opened a new era of treatment of diabetes mellitus. This article reviewed the changes in the management concept of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the base of the evidence-based clinical trials and the related guidelines.