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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Jan 1;45(1):213-221.
doi: 10.2337/dc21-1505.

Relationships of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Changes in Physical Fitness and Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: The Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study 2 (IDES_2)

Stefano Balducci  1   2   3 , Jonida Haxhi  1   2   3 , Massimo Sacchetti  4 , Giorgio Orlando  4   5 , Patrizia Cardelli  1   6 , Martina Vitale  1   2 , Lorenza Mattia  1   2 , Carla Iacobini  1   2 , Lucilla Bollanti  1   2 , Francesco Conti  1   2 , Silvano Zanuso  7   8 , Antonio Nicolucci  9   10 , Giuseppe Pugliese  1   2 ; Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study 2 (IDES_2) Investigators
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Relationships of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Changes in Physical Fitness and Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: The Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study 2 (IDES_2)

Stefano Balducci et al. Diabetes Care. .

Abstract

Objective: In the Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study_2 (IDES_2), behavioral counseling promoted a sustained increase in physical activity (PA) volume (+3.3 MET h ⋅ week-1), moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA) (+6.4 min ⋅ day-1), and light-intensity PA (LPA) (+0.8 h ⋅ day-1) and decrease in sedentary time (SED-time) (-0.8 h ⋅ day-1). Here, we investigated the relationships of changes in PA/SED-time with changes in physical fitness and cardiometabolic risk profile in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Research design and methods: In this 3-year randomized clinical trial, 300 physically inactive and sedentary patients were randomized 1:1 to receive 1-month theoretical and practical counseling once a year or standard care. Changes in physical fitness and cardiovascular risk factors/scores according to quartiles of accelerometer-measured changes in PA/SED-time were assessed, together with univariate and multivariable associations between these parameters, in the whole cohort and by study arm.

Results: Physical fitness increased and HbA1c and coronary heart disease 10-year risk scores decreased with quartiles of MVPA and SED-time change. In quartile IV of MVPA increase and SED-time decrease, cardiorespiratory fitness increased by 5.23 and 4.49 mL ⋅ min-1 ⋅ kg-1 and HbA1c decreased by 0.73 and 0.85%, respectively. Univariate correlations confirmed these relationships, and mean changes in both MPVA and SED-time predicted changes in physical fitness and cardiovascular risk factors/scores independently of one another and of other confounders. Similar findings were observed with LPA and PA volume and in each group separately.

Conclusions: Even modest increments in MVPA may have a clinically meaningful impact, and reallocating SED-time to LPA may also contribute to improved outcomes, possibly by increasing total energy expenditure.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01600937.

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