Traditional Chinese medicine use and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with prediabetes: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prediabetes was a reversible process in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was used to regulate blood glucose for thousands of years. However, there was a lack of real-world evidence on the long-term impact of TCM in prediabetic populations. This study aimed to evaluate the association between the use of TCM and T2DM incidence among individuals with prediabetes.

Methods

A long-term population-based cohort study of participants with prediabetes was conducted using the Yinzhou Regional Health Care Database (YRHCD). A cox model with propensity score (PS) matching was applied to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) of the association between the use of TCM and T2DM. Various subgroup analyses and multiple sensitivity analys

SUBMITTER: Long Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12513027 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature