What were the results of the ABCD study?
The ABCD study was a 5-year prospective RCT comparing intensive and moderate BP control in patients with diabetes. Patients assigned to the lower BP target were also randomized to receive either nisoldipine or enalapril. The results showed that the risk of major cardiovascular events in the group targeted to a diastolic BP r80 mm Hg was half that of the group targeted to 90 mm Hg.