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In 307 patients with diabetes mellitus, developed prior to 1933 and before age 31 it was demonstrated that: (1) frequent contact with a specialized diabetes clinic from an early stage of the disease; (2) a good quality of “metabolic control”; (3) a low insulin dose; (4) a body weight of 10% less than ideal; and (5) a mean blood pressure below 100 mm Hg, all had significantly beneficial effects upon the survival. It was also found that patients domiciled in Copenhagen had a significantly better prognosis than patients domiciled outside Copenhagen. Frequent contact with a diabetes centre was accompanied by an appreciable decrease in disabling late diabetic complications.
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Deckert, T., Poulsen, J.E. & Larsen, M. Prognosis of diabetics with diabetes onset before the age of thirtyone. Diabetologia 14, 371–377 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228131
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