A significant trend in reduction of peripheral artery disease (PAD) over the guideline versions was found, adjusted for age, sex and diabetes duration (odds ratio (OR) 0.70, 95% CI 0.51-0.97, p trend = 0.029) and for retinopathy in all models (OR = 0.52, 95% CI 0.37-0.73, p trend < 0.001).
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The effect of guideline revisions on vascular complications of type 2 diabetes.
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To investigate a possible trend between guideline version and complications, the ‘guideline category’ was also used as a continuous variable.