Benefit of lifestyle-based T2DM prevention is influenced by prediabetes phenotype

Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Published online: 14 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41574-019-0316-1Prediabetes phenotype can influence the effectiveness of lifestyle intervention-based diabetes prevention programmes. This Perspectives suggests that diabetes prevention programmes are not effective in individuals with isolated impaired fasting glucose and calls for further research to improve prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus in this population.

Source: Nature Reviews Endocrinology - February 13, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Matthew D. Campbell Thirunavukkarasu Sathish Paul Z. Zimmet Kavumpurathu R. Thankappan Brian Oldenburg David R. Owens Jonathan E. Shaw Robyn J. Tapp Source Type: research