Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Deterioration in Glycemic Status Among South Asian Women With Recent Gestational Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women with recent gestational diabetes (GDM) have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Objective

To investigate whether a resource-appropriate and context-appropriate lifestyle intervention could prevent glycemic deterioration among women with recent GDM in South Asia.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized, participant-unblinded controlled trial investigated a 12-month lifestyle intervention vs usual care at 19 urban hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Participants included women with recent diagnosis of GDM who did not have type 2 diabetes at an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) 3 to 18 months postpartum. They were enrolled from November 2017 to January 2020, and follow-up ended in January 2021. Data were analyzed from Apri

SUBMITTER: Tandon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature