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Diabetes
Reports summarize diabetes research from University of Colorado
August 20th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, "In participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) randomized to intensive lifestyle modification (ILS), meeting ILS goals strongly correlated with prevention of diabetes in the group as a whole. Men met significantly more ILS goals than women but had a similar incidence of diabetes." "Therefore, we explored sex differences in risk factors for diabetes and the effect of ILS on risk factors. Baseline risk factors for diabetes and percent change in risk factors over the first year in men versus women were compared using Wilcoxon's rank-sum tests. At baseline, men were older and had a larger...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-08-20)
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