But officials in Europe and Washington maintained that as the pressure for targets intensified, proposals were not as thoroughly reviewed as they could -- or should -- have been.
With these qualifications in mind, this analysis provides actionable recommendations about which areas to target for intensified farm and market surveillance.
Patients received a target oriented, intensified treatment of risk factors according to current national treatment guidelines (available at http://www.oedg.org).org
Overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity are all associated with lack of BP control, thus making these groups a target for intensified antihypertensive therapy.
The STENO-2 study was the first study which impressively demonstrated a halving of the risk for cardiovascular events and mortality by target driven, intensified, multifactorial risk factor intervention compared to conventional, less stringent risk factor management [ 2].
The optimal goal for glycemic control is a glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (Hbelow below 7%. 10 In order to reach this target an intensified regimen with combinations of antidiabetes agents is often needed.
In view of these issues, search for MAP specific protein targets was intensified with some successes [13].
The global obesity epidemic and smoking among adolescents remain important targets for intensified public health initiatives.
The findings indicate that from a mortality perspective targets for young men should be within the non-smoking, normal weight range, and that overweight, obesity, and smoking among adolescents might be good targets for intensified public health initiatives.
We found no difference in disease activity, functional ability and radiographic progression after 12 months of treatment, owing to our treat-to-target approach (intensifying treatment until the target is reached).
