Lifestyle Interventions in Diabetics

The Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Individuals with Hyperglycemia

Study design: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Population: Individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

  • Inclusion criteria: randomized clinical trials of subjects with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, comparing intensive lifestyle interventions with usual care, with a minimum of 2 years of active intervention
  • Exclusion criteria: not specified

Interventions:

  • Experimental group: intensive lifestyle interventions
  • Control group: usual care

Primary outcome: Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.

Conclusion: The meta-analysis showed that lifestyle interventions were not superior to usual care in reducing cardiovascular or all-cause mortality in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.