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MONDAY, March 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — For overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a long-term weight loss intervention is associated with a reduction in long-term disability, according to a study published online March 15 in Diabetes Care<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Edward W. Gregg, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues randomized 5,145 overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes aged 45 to 76 years to a 10-year intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) or diabetes support and education (DSE). The Short Form-36 was used to assess physical function annually for 12 years.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that the incidence of physical disability was lower in the ILI versus the DSE group (6.0 versus 6.8 percent per year; incidence rate ratio, 0.88), whereas there was no difference in the rates of disability remission and mortality. Compared with DSE participants, ILI participants had a significant delay in moderate or severe disability onset, and an increase in the number of nondisabled years. This effect translated into 0.9 more disability-free years for a 60-year-old (12.0 versus 11.1 years); there was no difference in total years of life. ILI increased disability-free years of life in women and those without cardiovascular disease (CVD), but not in men or those with CVD, in stratified analyses.<\/p>\n
“Long-term lifestyle interventions among overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes may reduce long-term disability, leading to an effect on disability-free life expectancy but not on total life expectancy,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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