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1. Weight Change During the Postintervention Follow-up of Look AHEAD

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Rena R. Wing, Rebecca H. Neiberg, Judy L. Bahnson, Jeanne M. Clark, Mark A. Espeland, James O. Hill, Karen C. Johnson, William C. Knowler, KayLoni Olson, Helmut Steinburg, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Thomas A. Wadden, Holly Wyatt, Lee Swartz, Dawn Jiggetts, Jeanne Charleston, Lawrence Cheskin, Nisa M. Maruthur, Scott J. Pilla, Danielle Diggins, Mia Johnson, George A. Bray, Frank L. Greenway, Donna H. Ryan, Catherine Champagne, Valerie Myers, Jeffrey Keller, Tiffany Stewart, Jennifer Arceneaux, Karen Boley, Greta Fry, Lisa Jones, Kim Landry, Melissa Lingle, Marisa Smith, Cora E. Lewis, Sheikilya Thomas, Stephen Glasser, Gareth Dutton, Amy Dobelstein, Sara Hannum, Anne Hubbell, DeLavallade Lee, Phyllis Millhouse, L. Christie Oden, Cathy Roche, Jackie Grant, Janet Turman, David M. Nathan, Valerie Goldman, Linda Delahanty, Mary Larkin, Kristen Dalton, Roshni Singh, Melanie Ruazol, Medha N. Munshi, Sharon D. Jackson, Roeland J.W. Middelbeek, A. Enrique Caballero, Anthony Rodriguez, George Blackburn, Christos Mantzoros, Ann McNamara, Jeanne Anne Breen, Marsha Miller, Debbie Bochert, Suzette Bossart, Paulette Cohrs, Susan Green, April Hamilton, Eugene Leshchinskiy, Loretta Rome, John P. Foreyt, Molly Gee, Henry Pownall, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Chu-Huang Chen, Peter Jones, Michele Burrington, Allyson Clark Gardner, Sharon Griggs, Michelle Hamilton, Veronica Holley, Sarah Lee, Sarah Lane Liscum, Susan Cantu-Lumbreras, Julieta Palencia, Jennifer Schmidt, Jayne Thomas, Carolyn White, Charlyne Wright, Monica Alvarez, Beate Griffin, Mace Coday, Donna Valenski, Karen Johnson, Robert W. Jeffery, Tricia Skarphol, John P. Bantle, J. Bruce Redmon, Kerrin Brelje, Carolyne Campbell, Mary Ann Forseth, Soni Uccellini, Mary Susan Voeller, Blandine Laferrère, Jennifer Patricio, Jose Luchsinger, Priya Palta, Sarah Lyon, Kim Kelly, Barbara J. Maschak-Carey, Robert I. Berkowitz, Ariana Chao, Renee Davenport, Katherine Gruber, Sharon Leonard, Olivia Walsh, John M. Jakicic, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Lin Ewing, Andrea Hergenroeder, Mary Korytkowski, Susan Copelli, Rebecca Danchenko, Diane Ives, Juliet Mancino, Lisa Martich, Meghan McGuire, Tracey Y. Murray, Linda Semler, Kathy Williams, Caitlin Egan, Elissa Jelalian, Jeanne McCaffery, Kathryn Demos McDermott, Jessica Unick, Kirsten Annis, Jose DaCruz, Ariana Rafanelli, Helen P. Hazuda, Juan Carlos Isaac, Prepedigna Hernandez, Steven E. Kahn, Edward J. Boyko, Elaine Tsai, Lorena Wright, Karen Atkinson, Ivy Morgan-Taggart, Jolanta Socha, Heidi Urquhart, Paula Bolin, Harelda Anderson, Sara Michaels, Ruby Johnson, Patricia Poorthunder, Janelia Smiley, Anne L. Peters, Siran Ghazarian, Elizabeth Beale, Edgar Ramirez, Gabriela Rodriguez, Valerie Ruelas, Sara Serafin-Dokhan, Martha Walker, Marina Perez, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, David Reboussin, Mike E. Miller, Peter Brubaker, Nicholas Pajewski, Michael Bancks, Jingzhong Ding, Gagan Deep, Kathleen Hayden, Stephen R. Rapp, Felicia Simpson, Haiying Chen, Bonnie C. Sachs, Denise Houston, Shyh-Huei Chen, Andrea Anderson, Jerry M. Barnes, Mary Barr, Tara D. Beckner, Delilah R. Cook, Carrie C. Williams, Joni Evans, Katie Garcia, Sarah A. Gaussoin, Carol Kittel, Lea Harvin, Marjorie Howard, James Lovato, June Pierce, Debbie Steinberg, Christopher Webb, Jennifer Walker, Michael P. Walkup, Carolyn Watkins, Santica M. Marcovina, Jessica Hurting, John J. Albers, Vinod Gaur, Michael Nevitt, Ann Schwartz, John Shepherd, Michaela Rahorst, Lisa Palermo, Susan Ewing, Cynthia Hayashi, and Jason Maeda

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Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Internal Medicine, Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research
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OBJECTIVE Patients with type 2 diabetes are encouraged to lose weight, but excessive weight loss in older adults may be a marker of poor health and subsequent mortality. We examined weight change during the postintervention period of Look AHEAD, a randomized trial comparing intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) with diabetes support and education (DSE) (control) in overweight/obese individuals with type 2 diabetes and sought to identify predictors of excessive postintervention weight loss and its association with mortality. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS These secondary analyses compared postintervention weight change (year 8 to final visit; median 16 years) in ILI and DSE in 3,999 Look AHEAD participants. Using empirically derived trajectory categories, we compared four subgroups: weight gainers (n = 307), weight stable (n = 1,561), steady losers (n = 1,731), and steep losers (n = 380), on postintervention mortality, demographic variables, and health status at randomization and year 8. RESULTS Postintervention weight change averaged −3.7 ± 9.5%, with greater weight loss in the DSE than the ILI group. The steep weight loss trajectory subgroup lost on average 17.7 ± 6.6%; 30% of steep losers died during postintervention follow-up versus 10–18% in other trajectories (P < 0001). The following variables distinguished steep losers from weight stable: baseline, older, longer diabetes duration, higher BMI, and greater multimorbidity; intervention, randomization to control group and less weight loss in years 1–8; and year 8, higher prevalence of frailty, multimorbidity, and depressive symptoms and lower use of weight control strategies. CONCLUSIONS Steep weight loss postintervention was associated with increased risk of mortality. Older individuals with longer duration of diabetes and multimorbidity should be monitored for excessive unintentional weight loss.

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2021

2. Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on All-Cause Mortality in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Overweight/Obesity: Results From the Look AHEAD Study

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Rena R, Wing, George A, Bray, Maria, Cassidy-Begay, Jeanne M, Clark, Mace, Coday, Caitlin, Egan, Mary, Evans, John P, Foreyt, Stephen, Glasser, Edward W, Gregg, Helen P, Hazuda, James O, Hill, Edward S, Horton, Juan Carlos, Isaac, John M, Jakicic, Robert W, Jeffery, Karen C, Johnson, Steven E, Kahn, Stephen, Kritchevsky, E, Lewis, Nisa M, Maruthur, Barbara J, Maschak-Carey, David M, Nathan, Jennifer, Patricio, Anne, Peters, Xavier, Pi-Sunyer, David, Reboussin, Donna H, Ryan, Valerie, Ruelas, Helmut, Steinburg, Katie, Toledo, Thomas A, Wadden, Lynne E, Wagenknecht, Jacqueline, Wesche-Thobaben, Holly, Wyatt, Susan Z, Yanovski, and Ping, Zhang

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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk
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OBJECTIVE: Look AHEAD, a randomized trial comparing intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) and diabetes support and education (DSE) (control) in 5,145 individuals with overweight/obesity and type 2 diabetes, found no significant differences in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality or morbidity during 9.6 (median) years of intervention. Participants in ILI who lost ≥10% at 1 year had lower risk of composite cardiovascular outcomes relative to DSE. Since effects of ILI may take many years to emerge, we conducted intent-to-treat analyses comparing mortality in ILI over 16.7 years (9.6 years of intervention and then observation) to DSE. In a secondary exploratory analysis, we compared mortality by magnitude of weight loss in ILI relative to DSE. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Primary outcome was all-cause mortality from randomization to 16.7 years. Other outcomes included cause-specific mortality, interactions by subgroups (age, sex, race/ethnicity, and cardiovascular disease history), and an exploratory analysis by magnitude of weight loss in ILI versus DSE as reference. Analyses used proportional hazards regression and likelihood ratio. RESULTS: The incidence of all-cause mortality did not differ significantly in ILI and DSE (549 and 589 participants, respectively) (hazard ratio [HR] 0.91 [95% CI 0.81, 1.02]; P = 0.11). There were no significant differences between treatments in cause-specific mortality or within prespecified subgroups. ILI participants who lost ≥10% at 1 year had a 21% reduced risk of mortality (HR 0.79 [95% CI 0.67, 0.94]; P = 0.007) relative to DSE. CONCLUSIONS: ILI focused on weight loss did not significantly affect mortality risk. However, ILI participants who lost ≥10% had reduced mortality relative to DSE.

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2021

3. Measurement characteristics of the ankle–brachial index: results from the Action for Health in Diabetes study

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Edward W. Lipkin, Jane Tavares, Laurie Bissett, Sarah Ledbury, Kathy Dotson, JoAnn A. Phillipp, Lynne Lichtermann, Carmen Pal, Susan Green, Ann V. Schwartz, Michael T. McDermott, Dace L. Trence, Vicki A. Maddy, Suzanne Phelan, Cara Walcheck, Jack Rejeski, Michael C. Nevitt, Paulette Cohrs, Thomas A. Wadden, Ronald J. Prineas, Kristi Rau, Magpuri Perpetua, Siran Ghazarian, Terry Barrett, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Robert I. Berkowitz, Virginia Harlan, Jennifer Mayer, George L. Blackburn, Gary D. Miller, Jeff Honas, Sarah Michaels, Rita Donaldson, Jeanne Carls, Barbara Harrison, Barbara J. Maschak-Carey, Amy Dobelstein, Charlotte Bragg, Jackie Day, Canice E. Crerand, Debra Clark, Karen T. Vujevich, Kathy Lane, Rina R. Wing, Renee Davenport, Shandiin Begay, Alain G. Bertoni, Sharon D. Jackson, Steven E. Kahn, Richard S. Crow, Valerie Goldman, Sarah A. Jaramillo, Kristina P. Schumann, David M. Nathan, William H. Herman, James O. Hill, Kati Szamos, Steven M. Haffner, Osama Hamdy, Karen C. Johnson, Judy Bahnson, Mary Lou Klem, Denise G. Simons-Morton, David E. Kelley, Emily A. Finch, Maureen Malloy, Donna Wolf, Leeann Carmichael, Deborah Robles, Diane Hirsch, Elizabeth Bovaird, Justin Glass, Robert Kuehnel, Brenda Montgomery, Didas Fallis, Jennifer Gauvin, Kim Landry, Michaela Rahorst, Renate H. Rosenthal, William C. Knowler, Robert W. Jeffery, Monika M. Safford, John P. Foreyt, Ellen J. Anderson, Michelle Chan, Cathy Manus, Julie Currin, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, Erin Patterson, Jeanne M. Clark, Mara Z. Vitolins, Nancy Scurlock, Stanley Heshka, Ken C. Chiu, Vicki DiLillo, Donna H. Ryan, Mary Evans, La Donna James, Edward W. Gregg, Gary D. Foster, Connie Mobley, Christian Speas, Eva Obarzanek, Caitlin Egan, Renee Bright, Frank L. Greenway, Robert S. Schwartz, Robert C. Kores, Ann Goebel-Fabbri, Anna Bertorelli, Ann McNamara, Patricia Lipschutz, Heather Chenot, Maria Sun, Helen Chomentowski, Carlos Lorenzo, Pamela Coward, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Donald A. Williamson, Heather Turgeon, Alan McNamara, Barbara Bancroft, Jonathan Krakoff, Debi Celnik, Erica Ferguson, Molly Gee, Lewis H. Kuller, Tatum Charron, Deborah Maier, Amelia Hodges, Linda M. Delahanty, Mary Anne Holowaty, Janet Krulia, Rebecca Danchenko, Van S. Hubbard, Rebecca S. Reeves, Lindsey Munkwitz, Linda Foss, Don Kieffer, Kara I. Gallagher, Paul M. Ribisl, Heather McCormick, David F. Williamson, Carrie Combs, Birgitta I. Rice, Edward S. Horton, Zhu Ming Zhang, Stanley Schwartz, Sharon Hall, Clara Smith, Janet Bonk, Richard Ginsburg, Cathy Roche, Mark A. Espeland, Jennifer Rush, Elizabeth Tucker, Tricia Skarpol, Maureen Daly, Susan Z. Yanovski, Nita Webb, John P. Bantle, George A. Bray, Amy A. Gorin, Theresa Michel, Lori Lambert, Lauren Lessard, Jennifer Patricio, Greg Strylewicz, Charles Campbell, Wei Lang, Cecilia Farach, Richard Carey, Vincent Pera, Carolyne Campbell, Medhat Botrous, Robert H. Knopp, William R. Hiatt, David M. Reboussin, Carolyn Thorson, Daniel Edmundowicz, Marsha Miller, Mandy Shipp, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Monica Mullen, Louise Hesson, Ruby Johnson, Henry J. Pownall, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Natalie Robinson, Barbara Steiner, Enrico Cagliero, Sheikilya Thomas, Carol Percy, Paula Bolin, Debra Force, Lawton S. Cooper, Kathy Horak, Juliet Mancino, M. Patricia Snyder, Salma Benchekroun, Stephen P. Glasser, Douglas A. Raynor, Jeanne Charleston, Richard R. Rubin, Gracie Cunningham, Lawrence J. Cheskin, Anthony N. Fabricatore, Brandi Armand, Kimberley Chula-Maquire, Helen Lambeth, April Hamilton, Cynthia Hayashi, Straci Gilbert, Kerry J. Stewart, Cora E. Lewis, Mohammed F. Saad, Janelia Smiley, Andrea M. Kriska, Richard F. Hamman, J. P. Massaro, Barb Elnyczky, Lisa Palermo, Tammy Monk, Donna Green, Patrick Reddin, Peter H. Bennett, Kerry Ovalle, Pat Harper, Therese Ockenden, Kerin Brelje, Christos S. Mantzoros, Santica M. Marcovina, Amy Keranen, Deborah F. Tate, John M. Jakicic, Trena Johnsey, Judith G. Regensteiner, Bernadette Todacheenie, Ray Carvajal, Sarah Bain, Minnie Roanhorse, Sandra Sangster, Tina Killean, Jennifer Perault, Bruce Redmon, Jeffrey M. Curtis, Abbas E. Kitabchi, Anne E. Mathews, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Rob Nicholson, Allison Strate, Hollie A. Raynor, L. Christie Oden, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Leigh A. Shovestull, Tina Morgan, Judith Regenseiner, Roque M. Murillo, Delia S. West, Jason Maeda, Kathryn Hayward, Patricia E. Hogan, Kristin Wallace, Maria G. Montez, John A. Shepherd, Loretta Rome, Judith E. Soberman, Peter B. Jones, Andrea Crisler, Enrique Caballero, Frederick L. Brancati, and Brent VanDorsten

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Brachial Artery, Blood Pressure, Type 2 diabetes, Overweight, Sensitivity and Specificity, Article, Cohort Studies, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, Humans, Obesity, cardiovascular diseases, Aged, Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Framingham Risk Score, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Surgery, body regions, medicine.anatomical_structure, Standard error, Blood pressure, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiology, Female, Ankle, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Algorithms, Ankle Joint, Cohort study
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Abstract Many protocols have been used in clinical and research settings for collecting systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements to calculate the ankle–brachial index (ABI); however, it is not known how useful it is to replicate measurements and which measures best reflect cardiovascular risk. Standardized measurements of ankle and arm SBP from 5140 overweight or obese individuals with type 2 diabetes were used to estimate sources of variation. Measurement characteristics of leg-specific ABI, as calculated using a standard algorithm based on the highest SBP of the dorsalis pedis or posterior tibial arteries, were projected using simulations. Coefficients of variability ranged from 2% to 3% when single SBP measurements were used and ABI was overestimated by 2–3%. Taking two SBP measurements at each site reduced standard errors and bias each by 30–40%. The sensitivity of detecting low ABI ranges exceeded 90% for ABI within 0.05 of the 0.90 clinical cut-point. The average and the minimum of the two (i.e. right and left) leg-specific ABI values had similar U-shaped relationships with Framingham risk scores; however, the average leg ABI had slightly greater precision. Replicating SBP measurements reduces the error and bias of ABI. Averaging leg-specific values may increase power for characterizing cardiovascular disease risk.

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2008
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4. Reduction in Weight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

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Steven E. Kahn, John M. Jakicic, Susan Z. Yanovski, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, George A. Bray, William C. Knowler, Edward S. Horton, David M. Nathan, Jennifer Patricio, Frederick L. Brancati, Donna H. Ryan, J. Bruce Redmon, Rebecca S. Reeves, Robert W. Jeffery, Monika M. Safford, Steven M. Haffner, Cora E. Lewis, David E. Kelley, Thomas A. Wadden, Brenda Montgomery, George L. Blackburn, Barbara Harrison, Barbara J. Maschak-Carey, Karen C. Johnson, James O. Hill, Renee Bright, Brent Van Dorsten, Mark A. Espeland, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Rena R. Wing, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Jeanne M. Clark, Kathryn Graves, Anne L. Peters, Jeffrey M. Curtis, Abbas E. Kitabchi, and John P. Foreyt

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Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Research design, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Incidence (epidemiology), Physical fitness, Type 2 diabetes, medicine.disease, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, Weight loss, law, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, medicine, Physical therapy, medicine.symptom, business, Body mass index
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OBJECTIVE—The effectiveness of intentional weight loss in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in type 2 diabetes is unknown. This report describes 1-year changes in CVD risk factors in a trial designed to examine the long-term effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention on the incidence of major CVD events. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This study consisted of a multicentered, randomized, controlled trial of 5,145 individuals with type 2 diabetes, aged 45–74 years, with BMI >25 kg/m2 (>27 kg/m2 if taking insulin). An intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) involving group and individual meetings to achieve and maintain weight loss through decreased caloric intake and increased physical activity was compared with a diabetes support and education (DSE) condition. RESULTS—Participants assigned to ILI lost an average 8.6% of their initial weight vs. 0.7% in DSE group (P < 0.001). Mean fitness increased in ILI by 20.9 vs. 5.8% in DSE (P < 0.001). A greater proportion of ILI participants had reductions in diabetes, hypertension, and lipid-lowering medicines. Mean A1C dropped from 7.3 to 6.6% in ILI (P < 0.001) vs. from 7.3 to 7.2% in DSE. Systolic and diastolic pressure, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio improved significantly more in ILI than DSE participants (all P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS—At 1 year, ILI resulted in clinically significant weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes. This was associated with improved diabetes control and CVD risk factors and reduced medicine use in ILI versus DSE. Continued intervention and follow-up will determine whether these changes are maintained and will reduce CVD risk.

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2007
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5. Partial Meal Replacement Plan and Quality of the Diet at 1 Year: Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) Trial

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Hollie A. Raynor, Andrea M. Anderson, Gary D. Miller, Rebecca Reeves, Linda M. Delahanty, Mara Z. Vitolins, Patricia Harper, Connie Mobley, Kati Konersman, Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Frederick L. Brancati, Jeff Honas, Lawrence Cheskin, Jeanne M. Clark, Kerry Stewart, Richard Rubin, Jeanne Charleston, Kathy Horak, George A. Bray, Kristi Rau, Allison Strate, Brandi Armand, Frank L. Greenway, Donna H. Ryan, Donald Williamson, Amy Bachand, Michelle Begnaud, Betsy Berhard, Elizabeth Caderette, Barbara Cerniauskas, David Creel, Diane Crow, Helen Guay, Nancy Kora, Kelly LaFleur, Kim Landry, Missy Lingle, Jennifer Perault, Mandy Shipp, Marisa Smith, Elizabeth Tucker, Cora E. Lewis, Sheikilya Thomas, Monika Safford, Vicki DiLillo, Charlotte Bragg, Amy Dobelstein, Stacey Gilbert, Stephen Glasser, Sara Hannum, Anne Hubbell, Jennifer Jones, DeLavallade Lee, Ruth Luketic, Karen Marshall, L. Christie Oden, Janet Raines, Cathy Roche, Janet Truman, Nita Webb, Audrey Wrenn, David M. Nathan, Heather Turgeon, Kristina Schumann, Enrico Cagliero, Linda Delahanty, Kathryn Hayward, Ellen Anderson, Laurie Bissett, Richard Ginsburg, Valerie Goldman, Virginia Harlan, Charles McKitrick, Alan McNamara, Theresa Michel, Alexi Poulos, Barbara Steiner, Joclyn Tosch, Edward S. Horton, Sharon D. Jackson, Osama Hamdy, A. Enrique Caballero, Sarah Bain, Elizabeth Bovaird, Ann Goebel-Fabbri, Lori Lambert, Sarah Ledbury, Maureen Malloy, Kerry Ovalle, George Blackburn, Christos Mantzoros, Kristinia Day, Ann McNamara, James O. Hill, Marsha Miller, JoAnn Phillipp, Robert Schwartz, Brent Van Dorsten, Judith Regensteiner, Salma Benchekroun, Ligia Coelho, Paulette Cohrs, Elizabeth Daeninck, Amy Fields, Susan Green, April Hamilton, Jere Hamilton, Eugene Leshchinskiy, Michael McDermott, Lindsey Munkwitz, Loretta Rome, Kristin Wallace, Terra Worley, John P. Foreyt, Rebecca S. Reeves, Henry Pownall, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Peter Jones, Michele Burrington, Chu-Huang Chen, Allyson Clark, Molly Gee, Sharon Griggs, Michelle Hamilton, Veronica Holley, Jayne Joseph, Patricia Pace, Julieta Palencia, Olga Satterwhite, Jennifer Schmidt, Devin Volding, Carolyn White, Mohammed F. Saad, Siran Ghazarian, Ken C. Chiu, Medhat Botrous, Michelle Chan, Magpuri Perpetua, Karen C. Johnson, Carolyn Gresham, Stephanie Connelly, Amy Brewer, Mace Coday, Lisa Jones, Lynne Lichtermann, Shirley Vosburg, J. Lee Taylor, Abbas E. Kitabchi, Helen Lambeth, Debra Clark, Andrea Crisler, Gracie Cunningham, Donna Green, Debra Force, Robert Kores, Renate Rosenthal, Elizabeth Smith, Maria Sun, Judith Soberman, Robert W. Jeffery, Carolyn Thorson, John P. Bantle, J. Bruce Redmon, Richard S. Crow, Scott Crow, Susan K. Raatz, Kerrin Brelje, Carolyne Campbell, Jeanne Carls, Tara Carmean-Mihm, Emily Finch, Anna Fox, Elizabeth Hoelscher, La Donna James, Vicki A. Maddy, Therese Ockenden, Birgitta I. Rice, Tricia Skarphol, Ann D. Tucker, Mary Susan Voeller, Cara Walcheck, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Jennifer Patricio, Stanley Heshka, Carmen Pal, Lynn Allen, Diane Hirsch, Mary Anne Holowaty, Thomas A. Wadden, Barbara J. Maschak-Carey, Stanley Schwartz, Gary D. Foster, Robert I. Berkowitz, Henry Glick, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Johanna Brock, Helen Chomentowski, Vicki Clark, Canice Crerand, Renee Davenport, Andrea Diamond, Anthony Fabricatore, Louise Hesson, Stephanie Krauthamer-Ewing, Robert Kuehnel, Patricia Lipschutz, Monica Mullen, Leslie Womble, Nayyar Iqbal, David E. Kelley, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Lewis Kuller, Andrea Kriska, Janet Bonk, Rebecca Danchenko, Daniel Edmundowicz, Mary L. Klem, Monica E. Yamamoto, Barb Elnyczky, George A. Grove, Pat Harper, Janet Krulia, Juliet Mancino, Anne Mathews, Tracey Y. Murray, Joan R. Ritchea, Jennifer Rush, Karen Vujevich, Donna Wolf, Rena R. Wing, Renee Bright, Vincent Pera, John Jakicic, Deborah Tate, Amy Gorin, Kara Gallagher, Amy Bach, Barbara Bancroft, Anna Bertorelli, Richard Carey, Tatum Charron, Heather Chenot, Kimberley Chula-Maguire, Pamela Coward, Lisa Cronkite, Julie Currin, Maureen Daly, Caitlin Egan, Erica Ferguson, Linda Foss, Jennifer Gauvin, Don Kieffer, Lauren Lessard, Deborah Maier, J.P. Massaro, Tammy Monk, Rob Nicholson, Erin Patterson, Suzanne Phelan, Hollie Raynor, Douglas Raynor, Natalie Robinson, Deborah Robles, Jane Tavares, Steven M. Haffner, Maria G. Montez, Carlos Lorenzo, Steven E. Kahn, Brenda Montgomery, Robert Knopp, Edward Lipkin, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Dace Trence, Terry Barrett, Joli Bartell, Diane Greenberg, Anne Murillo, Betty Ann Richmond, April Thomas, William C. Knowler, Paula Bolin, Tina Killean, Cathy Manus, Jonathan Krakoff, Jeffrey M. Curtis, Justin Glass, Sara Michaels, Peter H. Bennett, Tina Morgan, Shandiin Begay, Bernadita Fallis, Jeanette Hermes, Diane F. Hollowbreast, Ruby Johnson, Maria Meacham, Julie Nelson, Carol Percy, Patricia Poorthunder, Sandra Sangster, Nancy Scurlock, Leigh A. Shovestull, Janelia Smiley, Katie Toledo, Christina Tomchee, Darryl Tonemah, Anne Peters, Valerie Ruelas, Siran Ghazarian Sengardi, Kathryn Graves, Sara Serafin-Dokhan, Mark A. Espeland, Judy L. Bahnson, Lynne Wagenknecht, David Reboussin, W. Jack Rejeski, Alain Bertoni, Wei Lang, Gary Miller, David Lefkowitz, Patrick S. Reynolds, Paul Ribisl, Mara Vitolins, Michael Booth, Kathy M. Dotson, Amelia Hodges, Carrie C. Williams, Jerry M. Barnes, Patricia A. Feeney, Jason Griffin, Lea Harvin, William Herman, Patricia Hogan, Sarah Jaramillo, Mark King, Kathy Lane, Rebecca Neiberg, Andrea Ruggiero, Christian Speas, Michael P. Walkup, Karen Wall, Michelle Ward, Delia S. West, Terri Windham, Michael Nevitt, Susan Ewing, Cynthia Hayashi, Jason Maeda, Lisa Palermo, Michaela Rahorst, Ann Schwartz, John Shepherd, Santica M. Marcovina, Greg Strylewicz, Ronald J. Prineas, Teresa Alexander, Lisa Billings, Charles Campbell, Sharon Hall, Susan Hensley, Yabing Li, Zhu-Ming Zhang, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, Robert Moran, Richard Foushee, Nancy J. Hall, Barbara Harrison, Van S. Hubbard, Susan Z. Yanovski, Lawton S. Cooper, Jeffrey Cutler, Eva Obarzanek, Edward W. Gregg, David F. Williamson, and Ping Zhang

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Meal replacement, Diet, Reducing, Ethnic group, Type 2 diabetes, Overweight, Motor Activity, Article, law.invention, Body Mass Index, Nutrition Policy, Food group, Randomized controlled trial, law, Environmental health, Diabetes mellitus, Diet, Diabetic, medicine, Humans, Obesity, Precision Medicine, Diet, Fat-Restricted, Life Style, Meals, Aged, Foods, Specialized, Meal, Nutrition and Dietetics, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Combined Modality Therapy, United States, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Physical therapy, Patient Compliance, Female, medicine.symptom, Snacks, business, Food Science
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Background Little is known about diet quality with a reduced-energy, low-fat, partial meal replacement plan, especially in individuals with type 2 diabetes. The Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) trial implemented a partial meal replacement plan in the Intensive Lifestyle Intervention. Objective To compare dietary intake and percent meeting fat-related and food group dietary recommendations in Intensive Lifestyle Intervention and Diabetes Support and Education groups at 12 months. Design A randomized controlled trial comparing Intensive Lifestyle Intervention with Diabetes Support and Education at 0 and 12 months. Participants/setting From 16 US sites, the first 50% of participants (aged 45 to 76 years, overweight or obese, with type 2 diabetes) were invited to complete dietary assessments. Complete 0- and 12-month dietary assessments (collected between 2001 and 2004) were available for 2,397 participants (46.6% of total participants), with 1,186 randomized to Diabetes Support and Education group and 1,211 randomized to Intensive Lifestyle Intervention group. Main outcome measures A food frequency questionnaire assessed intake: energy; percent energy from protein, fat, carbohydrate, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and saturated fats; trans -fatty acids; cholesterol; fiber; weekly meal replacements; and daily servings from food groups from the Food Guide Pyramid. Statistical analyses performed Mixed-factor analyses of covariance, using Proc MIXED with a repeated statement, with age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and income controlled. Unadjusted χ 2 tests compared percent meeting fat-related and food group recommendations at 12 months. Results At 12 months, Intensive Lifestyle Intervention participants had a significantly lower fat and cholesterol intake and greater fiber intake than Diabetes Support and Education participants. Intensive Lifestyle Intervention participants consumed more servings per day of fruits; vegetables; and milk, yogurt, and cheese; and fewer servings per day of fats, oils, and sweets than Diabetes Support and Education participants. A greater percentage of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention participants than Diabetes Support and Education participants met fat-related and most food group recommendations. Within Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, a greater percentage of participants consuming two or more meal replacements per day than participants consuming less than one meal replacement per day met most fat-related and food group recommendations. Conclusions The partial meal replacement plan consumed by Intensive Lifestyle Intervention participants was related to superior diet quality.

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2014

6. Implications of Look AHEAD for clinical trials and clinical practice

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Pamela Coward, Ping Zhang, Lea N. Harvin, Andrea Anderson, Limprevil Divers Dominique, Louise Hesson, Ruby Johnson, Lisa Keasler, Judith G. Regensteiner, Karen Wall, Vincent Pera, John A. Shepherd, Robert H. Knopp, Donna LaJames, Carolyn Gresham, Robert Moran, Jean Arceci, Joan R. Ritchea, Carlos C. Isaac, Michelle Hamilton, Joyce Lambert, Jeanne M. Clark, Tammy DeBruce, Sheikilya Thomas, Janet Crane, Valerie Goldman, Delia Smith West, Mace Coday, David Lefkowitz, Tricia Skarphol, Julie Currin, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Mary Barr, Dawn Jiggetts, Julia Rushing, Patricia H. Harper, Ann D. Tucker, Raymond Carvajal, Rebecca Danchenko, David M. Reboussin, Amy Brewer, Valerie Ruelas, Daniel Edmundowicz, Marsha Miller, Rena R. Wing, Melanie A. Jaeb, Monica Mullen, Amy Bach, Paula Bolin, Serafin Dokhan Sara, Debra Force, Diane F. Hollowbreast, Carol Percy, Deborah Maier, Quintero Varela Brenda, Susan Green, Kathy Michalski, David Bolen, Jeffrey M. Curtis, Abbas E. Kitabchi, Kati Konersman, Mayer Davis Elizabeth, Kerrin Brelje, Anthony N. Fabricatore, Anne Hubbell, Goebel Fabbri Ann, Jayne Thomas, Linda Foss, Richard S. Crow, Charles F. Coleman, Crystal Duncan, Cralen Davis, Martha Walker, Kirstie Craul, Carolyn White, Maria G. Montez, Theresa Michel, Douglas A. Raynor, David O. Garcia, Huang Chu-Chen, Thomas A. Wadden, Kristi Rau, Tamika Earl, Monica Lockett, Bernadita Fallis, Pi Sunyer Xavier, Cathy Roche, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Allison Strate, Robert I. Berkowitz, Sara Michaels, B. Van Dorsten, S. Cooper, Elaine Tsai, Patrick S. Reynolds, Michael S. Lawlor, Jerry M. Barnes, Wei Lang, Tara D. Beckner, Lisa Hoelscher, Janet Turman, Juliet Mancino, Gabriela Rodriguez, Lynn Allen, Gabriela Rios, Amy D. Rickman, Cathy Manus, Julie Hu, James O. Hill, Lauren Lessard, Catherine M. Champagne, Lawrence J. Cheskin, Jeanne Charleston, Peter B. 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Marcovina, Virginia Harlan, Mary Evans, Michael P. Walkup, Danielle Diggins, Barbara Bancroft, Lynne Lichtermann, Kathy Tyler, Anne L. Peters, Lee Swartzc, Karen C. Johnson, Mario Stylianou, Elizabeth Bovaird, Robert C. Kores, Donna H. Ryan, Susan S. Voeller, Lisa Cronkite, Lori Lambert, Clark C. Gardner, Rebecca H. Neiberg, Laurie Bissett, L B. Coelho, Don Kieffer, John P. Bantle, L. Brancati, Ann V. Schwartz, Jennifer Gauvin, Mara Z. Vitolins, Jolanta Socha, Debbie Bochert, Susanne Danus, Chula Maguire Kimberley, Gary D. Foster, Caitlin Egan, Eugene Leshchinskiy, Sara Evans, Stephen P. Glasser, Barbara Elnyczky, John J. Albers, Richard R. Rubin, Gracie Cunningham, Julieta Palencia, Beate Griffin, Kathy Hathaway, Michele Burrington, Tracey Y. Murray, Lewis H. Kuller, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Edgar Ramirez, Ann A. Richmond, Robert W. Jeffery, Monika M. Safford, Stanley Schwartz, John P. Foreyt, Nancy J. Hall, Candace Goode, Jere T. Hamilton, Maureen Malloy, Robert Kuehnel, Mark King, Don Hire, David F. Williamson, Lavallade DeLee, R.J. Prineas, Amy A. Gorin, Anne A. Holowaty, Donna Valenski, Moana Mosby, Anna Bertorelli, Carlos Lorenzo, Susan Cantu-Lumbreras, Kara I. Gallagher, Tandaw E. Samdarshi, Dace L. Trence, Michelle Begnaud, Melanie Franks, Amy Dobelstein, Jane King, Deborah Robles, Hollie A. Raynor, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Diane Wheeler, Rob Nicholson, Suzanne Phelan, Cara Walcheck, Michael C. Nevitt, Julie A. Nelson, Maria Meacham, Rebecca S. Reeves, Leigh A. Shovestull, Seth Braunstein, Mia Johnson, Chanchai Sapun, Lawrence M. Friedman, Lolline Chong, Daniel P. Beavers, Patricia E. Hogan, Domingo Granado, Lisa Martich, Timothy S. Church, Andrea Crisler, and Peter Kaufman

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Research design, Blood Glucose, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Blood Pressure, Type 2 diabetes, Overweight, Article, law.invention, Endocrinology, Randomized controlled trial, Patient Education as Topic, law, Weight loss, Diabetes mellitus, Surveys and Questionnaires, Weight Loss, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Obesity, Triglycerides, Aged, Monitoring, Physiologic, business.industry, Incidence, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Clinical trial, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiovascular Diseases, Research Design, Physical therapy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Risk Reduction Behavior, Biomarkers, Follow-Up Studies
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Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) was a randomized clinical trial designed to examine the long-term health effects of weight loss in overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes. The primary result was that the incidence of cardiovascular events over a median follow-up of 9.6 years was not reduced in the Intensive Lifestyle Group relative to the control group. This finding is discussed, with emphasis on its implications for design of trials and clinical treatment of obese persons with type 2 diabetes.

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2014

7. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Depression, and Health Status in the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) Study

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LaShanda R. Jones-Corneille, Frederick L. Brancati, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Luu Pham, Jennifer Patricio, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Arleen F. Brown, and Tiffany L. Gary-Webb

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Male, Gerontology, medicine.medical_specialty, Urban Population, Cross-sectional study, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Social class, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Residence Characteristics, Poverty Areas, Environmental health, Epidemiology, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Socioeconomic status, Depression (differential diagnoses), Aged, Depression, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public health, 1. No poverty, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Health Status Disparities, social sciences, Middle Aged, Mental health, United States, 3. Good health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Social Class, Regression Analysis, population characteristics, Female, Biostatistics, business, Research Article
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Background Depression and diminished health status are common in adults with diabetes, but few studies have investigated associations with socio-economic environment. The objective of this manuscript was to evaluate the relationship between neighborhood-level SES and health status and depression. Methods Individual-level data on 1010 participants at baseline in Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes), a trial of long-term weight loss among adults with type 2 diabetes, were linked to neighborhood-level SES (% living below poverty) from the 2000 US Census (tracts). Dependent variables included depression (Beck Inventory), and health status (Medical Outcomes Study (SF-36) scale). Multi-level regression models were used to account simultaneously for individual-level age, sex, race, education, personal yearly income and neighborhood-level SES. Results Overall, the % living in poverty in the participants' neighborhoods varied, mean = 11% (range 0-67%). Compared to their counterparts in the lowest tertile of neighborhood poverty (least poverty), those in the highest tertile (most poverty) had significantly lower scores on the role-limitations(physical), role limitations(emotional), physical functioning, social functioning, mental health, and vitality sub-scales of the SF-36 scale. When evaluating SF-36 composite scores, those living in neighborhoods with more poverty had significantly lower scores on the physical health (β-coefficient [β] = -1.90 units, 95% CI: -3.40,-0.039), mental health (β = -2.92 units, -4.31,-1.53) and global health (β = -2.77 units, -4.21,-1.33) composite scores. Conclusion In this selected group of weight loss trial participants, lower neighborhood SES was significantly associated with poorer health status. Whether these associations might influence response to the Look AHEAD weight loss intervention requires further investigation.

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2011
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8. Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trial

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David M. Reboussin, W. Jack Rejeski, Mace Coday, Barbara J. Maschak-Carey, Robert W. Jeffery, Monika M. Safford, John P. Foreyt, Brent Van Dorsten, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Thomas A. Wadden, John M. Jakicic, Karen C. Johnson, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Susan Z. Yanovski, Steven E. Kahn, Sara Michaels, James O. Hill, Richard R. Rubin, Valerie Goldman, Brenda Montgomery, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Jennifer Patricio, Tricia Skarphol, George A. Bray, Maria G. Montez, Caitlin Egan, Abbas E. Kitabchi, Edward W. Gregg, Cora E. Lewis, Helen P. Hazuda, Jeanne M. Clark, Steven M. Haffner, Judy Bahnson, Donald A. Williamson, Van S. Hubbard, Mark A. Espeland, Rena R. Wing, Tina Killean, Henry J. Pownall, Delia S. West, Edward S. Horton, Anne L. Peters, David M. Nathan, and Cathy Manus

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Risk, Blood Glucose, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Physical fitness, Blood Pressure, Type 2 diabetes, Overweight, Severity of Illness Index, Article, Time, Body Mass Index, Diabetes Complications, Patient Education as Topic, Weight loss, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Weight Loss, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Obesity, Life Style, Triglycerides, Glycemic, Aged, business.industry, Cholesterol, HDL, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Cholesterol, LDL, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Hemoglobin A, Treatment Outcome, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiovascular Diseases, Physical Fitness, Physical therapy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Biomarkers
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BACKGROUND Lifestyle interventions produce short-term improvements in glycemia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but no long-term data are available. We examined the effects of lifestyle intervention on changes in weight, fitness, and CVD risk factors during a 4-year study. METHODS The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial is a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing the effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) and diabetes support and education (DSE; the control group) on the incidence of major CVD events in 5145 overweight or obese individuals (59.5% female; mean age, 58.7 years) with type 2 diabetes mellitus. More than 93% of participants provided outcomes data at each annual assessment. RESULTS Averaged across 4 years, ILI participants had a greater percentage of weight loss than DSE participants (-6.15% vs -0.88%; P < .001) and greater improvements in treadmill fitness (12.74% vs 1.96%; P < .001), hemoglobin A(1c) level (-0.36% vs -0.09%; P < .001), systolic (-5.33 vs -2.97 mm Hg; P < .001) and diastolic (-2.92 vs -2.48 mm Hg; P = .01) blood pressure, and levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (3.67 vs 1.97 mg/dL; P < .001) and triglycerides (-25.56 vs -19.75 mg/dL; P < .001). Reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were greater in DSE than ILI participants (-11.27 vs -12.84 mg/dL; P = .009) owing to greater use of medications to lower lipid levels in the DSE group. At 4 years, ILI participants maintained greater improvements than DSE participants in weight, fitness, hemoglobin A(1c) levels, systolic blood pressure, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. CONCLUSIONS Intensive lifestyle intervention can produce sustained weight loss and improvements in fitness, glycemic control, and CVD risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Whether these differences in risk factors translate to reduction in CVD events will ultimately be addressed by the Look AHEAD trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00017953.

Published
2010

9. Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice

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Nancie Gallagher, Jacqueline Wesche‐Thobaben, Mary T. Korytkowski, Janice C. Zgibor, Harsha Rao, and Janis McWilliams

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Quality management, media_common.quotation_subject, Primary care, Certification, Nursing, Ambulatory care, Diabetes management, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Quality (business), Disease management (health), media_common, Primary Health Care, business.industry, Health Policy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Disease Management, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Family medicine, Female, Guideline Adherence, business, Total Quality Management
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The quality of care delivered to patients with diabetes has an impact on long-term outcomes. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to examine the effect of a Diabetes Disease Management Program (DDMP) on compliance with recommended process measures of care in primary care practice settings. Certified diabetes nurse educators visited five participating primary care practices biweekly for 1 year providing education to physicians and office staff on standards for diabetes management and to patients regarding self-management. Among 208 participants, 85.5% had >2 HbA1cs, 93.6% had lipid profiles, and 100% had foot examinations. Improvements in HbA1c (9.0% to 7.7%) were observed. Implementation of DDMP effectively promotes compliance with care standards in primary care practices.

Published
2004

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