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[47] [84] [85] NAD + is released from neurons in blood vessels, [46] urinary bladder, [46] [86] large intestine, [87] [88] from neurosecretory cells, [89] and from brain synaptosomes, [90] and is proposed to be a novel neurotransmitter that transmits information from nerves to effector cells in smooth muscle organs
The allowance for investigators to use all available information (for example, concomitant medication) to assess glycemic category was primarily included to account for scenarios in which glucose-lowering medications were initiated during the trial that would confound glycemic category assessment if based purely on fasting plasma glucose or HbA 1c levels (for example, if a patient developed diabetes during the study and received a glucose-lowering drug that resulted in their glucose level being below the American Diabetes Association threshold for type 2 diabetes diagnosis)
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