In adults at risk for diabetes, LSM and medications (weight loss and insulin-sensitizing agents) successfully reduced diabetes incidence. Medication effects were short lived. The LSM interventions were sustained for several years; however, their effects declined with time, suggesting that interventions to preserve effects are needed (JAMA)
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Tag: prediabetes
Women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus and prediabetes are characterised by a decreased incretin effect
Prediabetes was highly prevalent in women with pGDM, and alterations in the incretin effect were detected in this group before the development of type 2 diabetes (diabetologia)
Examining trends in prediabetes and its relationship with the metabolic syndrome in US adolescents, 1999–2014
We found conflicting findings of temporal trends of US adolescent prediabetes prevalence based on the ADA’s prediabetes criteria. The increasing prevalence of prediabetes by HbA1c assessment is concerning and raises the urgency for increased awareness and appropriate measures of prediabetes status among physicians and patients (Acta Diabetologica)
Mixed methods study of engagement in behaviors to prevent type 2 diabetes among employees with pre-diabetes
Most employees found to have pre-diabetes through a workplace screening were engaged in a recommended preventive behavior 3 months after the screening. This engagement could be enhanced by optimizing motivation and risk perception as well as leveraging social networks and external supports (BMJ)
Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Young Men With Acne
Postadolescent male patients with acne more commonly have insulin resistance. This resistance may be a stage of prediabetes, and the patients may develop hyperinsulinemia or type 2 diabetes in the future. These patients should be followed up for a prolonged time to determine whether they develop conditions associated with insulin resistance (JAMA Dermatology)
Design of stepwise screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes based on costs and cases detected
Our applied method makes it possible to identify a range of efficient cut-offs where higher detection rates can be achieved at an additional cost per detected patient. This enables decision makers to choose an optimal cut-off based on their willingness to pay for additional detected patients (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Epidemiology)
US initiative for prediabetes
Health officials in the USA want physicians to help to reduce diabetes by asking at-risk patients to join diabetes prevention programmes. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC (The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
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