Lifestyle interventions in patients with prediabetes can delay the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus, but long-term data on diabetes complications are lacking. A new report from the Da Qing Study provides data on the effect of lifestyle interventions on diabetes mellitus complications and mortality in patients with prediabetes who were followed up for 30 years.
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S.D.J. is a principal investigator in the multicentre Diabetes Prevention Program/Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.
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Dagogo-Jack, S. Prevention begets prevention — lessons from the Da Qing Study. Nat Rev Endocrinol 15, 442–443 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-019-0227-1
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