Results of the Japan Diabetes Optimal Integrated Treatment for 3 major risk factors of coronary diseases J DOIT3 blood pressure lipid glucose suggest that a multifactorial intervention with stricter targets than those recommended by current guidelines has benefit for the suppression of stroke and nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes compared with the current standard care. These findings were presented September 15 2017 at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes EASD 2017 Annual Meeting in Lisbon Portugal.