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. 2018 Feb;37(1):139-143.
doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.11.003. Epub 2016 Nov 11.

Adherence to healthy lifestyle factors and risk of death in men with diabetes mellitus: The Physicians' Health Study

Yash R Patel  1 , Taraka V Gadiraju  2 , J Michael Gaziano  3 , Luc Djoussé  3
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Adherence to healthy lifestyle factors and risk of death in men with diabetes mellitus: The Physicians' Health Study

Yash R Patel et al. Clin Nutr. 2018 Feb.

Abstract

Background & aims: The relationship between healthy lifestyle factors and mortality in people with type 2 diabetes is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine whether healthy lifestyle factors are associated with mortality in people with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: We prospectively studied 1163 men with type 2 diabetes from the Physicians' Health Study. Lifestyle factors consisted of currently not smoking, moderate drinking (1-2 drinks/day), vigorous exercise (1+/week), BMI < 25 kg/m2, and being in the top 2 quintiles of the alternate healthy eating index-2010 (AHEI-2010). Multivariate Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of mortality.

Results: At baseline, average age was 69 years and mean follow up was 9 years. About 22% of study participants had ≤1 healthy lifestyle factor, 37% had two, 29% had three, and 12% had four or more healthy lifestyle factors. An inverse relationship was found between the number of lifestyle factors and total mortality. Compared with participants who had ≤1 healthy lifestyle factor, the risk of death was 42% (95% CI; 19%-58%) lower for those with two healthy lifestyle factors, 41% (95% CI; 18%-58%) lower for those with three, and 44% (95% CI; 12%-64%) lower for those with 4 or more healthy lifestyle factors.

Conclusion: Adherence to modifiable healthy lifestyle factors is associated with a lower risk of death among adult men with type 2 diabetes. Our study emphasizes the importance of educating individuals with diabetes to adhere to healthy lifestyle factors.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Lifestyle; Mortality.

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