title: [Clinical study of the month. Prevention of type 2 diabetes in overweight patients with impaired glucose tolerance: efficiency of lifestyle changes].
abstract: The "Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study" is a prospective controlled study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine which compared the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among 265 high-risk patients treated by changes in lifestyle to that of 257 matched controlled patients. This intervention trial demonstrated that the risk of type 2 diabetes could be reduced by 58% (p < 0.001) after a mean follow-up of 3.2 years with changes in lifestyle of high-risk overweight subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Service de Diabétologie, Nutrition et Maladies métaboliques, Département de Médecine, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scheen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D012307:Risk Factors