VIDEO: Diabetes and Obesity in Walkable Neighborhoods
A “walkability index” was assigned to each neighborhood.
A “walkability index” was assigned to each neighborhood.
More antidiabetes prescriptions are dispensed in comparison to antiobesity prescriptions.
For the prevention of death, MI, or stroke, CABG plus optimal medical therapy was superior to PCI in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.
Researchers identified 2 loci that attained genome-wide significance as determinants of CV mortality in the intensive glycemic treatment arm of ACCORD.
The group who developed diabetes earlier had less favorable left ventricular ejection fraction, 4-chamber longitudinal peak strain, and circumferential peak strain.
Empagliflozin and metformin twice-daily regimens correlated with significantly greater reductions in HbA1C than for empagliflozin once-daily regimens and metformin twice-daily regimens.
34.9% of control patients and 25.7% of intervention patients developed diabetes during 3 years of follow-up using a culturally-tailored diabetes prevention program.
A collaborative couples intervention resulted in improvement in AC1 levels, obesity measures, and some psychosocial outcomes.
All 3 lipid traits correlated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes while higher coronary artery disease risk was seen for a 1-standard deviation in LDL-C and triglycerides.
Mean HOMA-IR and fasting plasma glucose decreased in the pioglitazone group and increased in the placebo group after one year.