PubMed ID:
26024851
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2015
Affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, 750N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Community Health, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern, University Feinberg School of Medicine, 750N. Lake Shore Drive, 6th floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: r.ackermann@northwestern.edu.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.05.017
Authors:
Ackermann RT,
O'Brien MJ,
Whitaker RC,
Yu D
Request IDs:
5909
Studies:
Diabetes Prevention Program
Educational attainment is inversely associated with type 2 diabetes risk, but it is unknown whether education impacts individuals' diabetes prevention efforts. We examined the comparative efficacy of intensive lifestyle intervention and metformin by educational attainment among participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), an ongoing U.S. multi-site trial beginning in 1996.