Control targets for patients with diabetes include:
1. HbA1C between 7 and 8
2. Fasting blood glucose levels between 100 and 120 mg/dl
3. Blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg
4. LDL lipids less than 130 mg/dl
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a. "Regardless of the actual etiology, Par-kinson disease is caused by depletion of dopamine and excess of acetylcholine." b. "The pathophysiology of the disease is caused by the deterioration of the myelin sheath of the basal ganglia." c. "Excess dopamine and deficient acetyl-choline are the cause of Parkinson dis-ease." d. "When there is decreased dopamine up-take at receptors in brain cells, Parkinson disease results."