Estimating the impact of addressing food needs on diabetes outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the association between food needs and diabetes outcomes.

Research design and methods

Longitudinal cohort study, using a target trial emulation approach. 96,792 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who underwent food need assessment in a network of community-based health centers were followed up to 36 months after initial assessment. We used targeted minimum loss estimation to estimate the association between not experiencing food needs, compared with experiencing food needs, and hemoglobin a1c (HbA1c), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), and LDL cholesterol. The study period was June 24th, 2016 to April 30th, 2023.

Results

We estimated that not experiencing food needs, compared with experiencing food needs, would be associated w

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408712 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature