Diabetes: Prevention - Slide 3

DPP Participants

Adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes

• Presence of IGT
• Mean age 51 years
• Mean body mass index (BMI) 34
• 68% women
• 45% minority groups
  • African Americans
  • Hispanics/Latinos
  • American Indians
  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

DPP Research Group. N Engl J Med 2002, Vol.346, No. 6.

Note:

• Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) participants were adults who were at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes - all had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). 

• IGT is defined as a two-hour glucose level of 140 to 199 mg per dL after a person drinks a 75-gram glucose solution following an overnight 8 to 12 hour fast.

• The mean age of the participants was 51 years, and the mean body mass index (BMI) was 34.

• 68 percent of the participants were women.

• 45 percent of the participants were members of minority groups including:
  • African Americans
  • Hispanics/Latinos
  • American Indians
  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders..
    

Reference

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. N Engl J Med 2002, Vol.346, No. 6.

Revised September 2008