Lifestyle intervention is superior to metformin in prevention of microvascular complications of diabetes in women, but socioeconomic barriers may lead to use of combination
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-13-2021
Publication Title
Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates
Abstract
A clinical decision report using
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Long-term effects of lifestyle intervention or metformin on diabetes development and microvascular complications over 15-year follow-up: The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015;3(11):866-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00291-0
for a patient with pre-diabetes who is concerned about the prevention of microvascular complications through lifestyle intervention while managing her busy schedule as a traveling house cleaner.
Volume
7
Issue
2
First Page
eP2626
Recommended Citation
Alaga KC, Haddad J. Lifestyle intervention is superior to metformin in prevention of microvascular complications of diabetes in women, but socioeconomic barriers may lead to use of combination. Clinical research in practice [Internet]. 2021 Oct 13,;7(2)
DOI
10.22237/crp/1625098080
