Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

Summary

It will be selected 1274 subject older than 40 years of the population of Cabra in order to realize a sociodemographic and habits (toxic, food, of physical activity) survey. It will be realized a physical exploration including anthropometry, blood pressure, oral glucose tolerance test, blood extractions (basal and after 120 ' of the OGTT). Several biochemical determinations will be realized (p.e. marker of fat intake and marker of inflammation) The proposed intervention consists of a series of clinical visits and phone calls programmed with the aim to change the dietetic and physical activity habits of people. The Pizarra study (financed with other grants and realised with the same methodology) will be use as cohort control. Though the basic aim of the project is to achieve a reduction of the of diabetes incidence with a hygienic - sanitary intervention, the ambition of knowing the major number of possible factors that can participate in this process constitutes a complex project capable of analyzing the problem from diverse points of view. Endocrinologists (of two Andalusian hospitals), clinical biochemists, geneticists and dietitians they join in this project to approach an integral way the etiopathogeny of the diabetes type 2.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Control

General recommendations about a healthy diet and physical activity and referral to their general physician with a report of the study results in the event of detecting any risk factor or pathological finding

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive Intervention

Based on office visits each 3 months during the first year, as well as monthly telephone calls during the first year. Each subject will also attend a group educational meeting each 6 months. At each visit they will be given a series of recommendations and their degree of adherence evaluated and the evolution of their weight checked. The recommendations are designed to re-educate the subjects concerning their dietary and physical activity habits

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital Regional de Malaga

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• GEMMA ROJO-MARTINEZ, PhD · Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga (Spain)

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-01-31

Primary Completion

2014-01-31

Completion

2015-01-31