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- Title
Association of a Self-Paid Medically Supervised Weight Management Program with Reversal of Obesity-Associated Impaired Fasting Glucose.
- Authors
Vijaya Surampudi; Xinkai Zhou; Chi-Hong Tseng; David Heber; Zhaoping Li
- Abstract
Aims: The progression of prediabetes to T2DM can be delayed through diet modification and weight management. However, the intensive lifestyle program is often not covered by med- ical insurance. This retrospective analysis evaluates the association of a patient self-paid weight management program on an improvement of blood sugar in overweight and obese patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Methods: The medical records of 4634 patients who participated in the self-pay UCLA Weight Management Program were reviewed and 2572 patients met the criteria for this retrospective analysis to examine whether this program was associated with the reversal of IFG over 3 months among 1396 patients with normal fasting glucose (NFG) and 1176 with IFG. Results: The patients with IFG lost comparable amounts of weight (10.5 ±1.3 kg) at three months, as did the subjects with NFG (10.1 ±1.3 kg). Fasting blood glucose in the IFG group decreased from 108.49 ±6.4 to 101.8 ±9.41 mg/dL (p < 0.0001) after three months. There were also significant reductions in triglycerides, and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in both groups in association with weight loss. Conclusion: Our medically supervised self-pay multidisciplinary weight management program was associated with reduced fasting blood glucose levels in patients with IFG over three months with comparable weight loss to patients with NFG.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles; REGULATION of body weight; GLUCOSE; SYSTOLIC blood pressure; BLOOD sugar; WEIGHT loss
- Publication
Clinics & Practice, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 2, p386
- ISSN
2039-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/clinpract11020053