Diabetes in Communities
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Preventing Diabetes in American Indian Communities
D iabetes incidence can be reduced by lifestyle interventions aimed at weight loss, diet change, and increased physical activity, according to several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) (1–5). Similarly, diabetes incidence rates were reduced in RCTs of metformin, acarbose, troglitazone, rosiglitazone, and pioglitazone (1,4,6–9). These RCTs enrolled nondiabetic adults who were at high risk of dev...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Diabetes Educator
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0145-7217,1554-6063
DOI: 10.1177/014572178801400301