Awareness of Prediabetes Status and Subsequent Health Behavior, Body Weight, and Blood Glucose Levels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle intervention decreases diabetes risk in prediabetic subjects, but the impact of passive notification of prediabetes status on glycemia or health behavior is unclear.

Methods

The Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort (POP-ABC) study followed normoglycemic African American (AA) and European American (EA) offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes mellitus for incident prediabetes. During 5.5 years of follow-up (mean, 2.62 years), 101 of 343 subjects developed prediabetes and were notified, without any interventions. Participants were recalled 18 months poststudy. Here, we compared data from participants with incident prediabetes or normoglycemia (control) during POP-ABC who underwent retesting 18-months poststudy.

Results

There were 73 sub

SUBMITTER: Owei I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature