Does a combined program of dietary modification and physical activity or the use of metformin reduce the conversion from impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes?

Mackerras, Dorothy EM

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05138.x

Topics

Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Trial: Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. N Engl J Med 2002; 346: 393-403.

Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, NT.

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