Level of attendance at the English National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme and risk of progression to type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluated the dose-response relationship between the level of attendance at the English National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) and risk of progression to type 2 diabetes amongst individuals participating in the programme.

Methods

We linked data on DPP attendance for 51,803 individuals that were referred to the programme between 1st June 2016 and 31st March 2018 and attended at least one programme session, with primary care records of type 2 diabetes diagnoses from the National Diabetes Audit up to 31st March 2020. Weibull survival regressions were used to estimate the association between the number of programme sessions attended and risk of progression to type 2 diabetes.

Results

Risk of developing type 2 diabetes declined significan

SUBMITTER: Parkinson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature