preventing diabetes with lifestyle - the da qing study
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All you need to know about preventing diabetes with lifestyle from a 23-year study in China.TRANSCRIPT
DA QING DIABETES PREVENTION
STUDYThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
April 3, 2014
Chinese adults WITH PRE-DIABETES
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Interventions
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Diet Exercise
Diet + Exercise No intervention
Primary Outcomes
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1. Diabetes incidence2. Death from any cause3. Death from heart attack or stroke
23 years later…
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Patients enrolled in 1986.Diet and or exercise program for 6 years.Patients followed through 2009.
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Diabetes Incidence
Perc
ent w
/ dia
bete
s
0
20
40
60
80
100
Diet or Exercise No Intervetion
73% 90%
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Death from any cause
Mor
talit
y
0
10
20
30
40
Diet or Exercise No Intervetion
28% 38%
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Death from heart attack or stroke
Mor
talit
y
0
5
10
15
20
Diet or Exercise No Intervetion
12% 20%
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Lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes for decades after the intervention program.
ConclusionsDiabetes can be prevented, even in people with pre-diabetes.
Lifestyle interventions can reduce the risk of death from heart attack and stroke.
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Read MoreCardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, and diabetes incidence after lifestyle intervention for
people with impaired glucose tolerance in the Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Study: a 23-year follow-up study.
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