Trial reportDiabetologia2009
Anti-inflammatory effect of lifestyle changes in the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.
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- The effect of dietary weight-loss interventions on the inflammatory markers interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha in adults with obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Metabolic impact of intermittent energy restriction and periodic fasting in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of physical activity promotion on adiponectin, leptin and other inflammatory markers in prediabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Acta diabetologica · 2021Pooled it
- Physical activity and risk of pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of epidemiology · 2015Pooled it
- Personalisation of the Dutch combined lifestyle intervention SLIMMER improves participant retention and weight loss in people at risk for cardiometabolic disease.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The Effects of Aerobic-Resistance Training and Broccoli Supplementation on Plasma Dectin-1 and Insulin Resistance in Males with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Inflammatory cytokines and sleep parameters response to life style intervention in subjects with obese chronic insomnia syndrome.African health sciences · 2021Trial
- Concurrent Aerobic and Resistance Training Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects and Increases Both Plasma and Leukocyte Levels of IGF-1 in Late Middle-Aged Type 2 Diabetic Patients.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2017Trial
- Sedentary time and markers of inflammation in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2014Trial
- Metformin modifies the exercise training effects on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in impaired glucose tolerant adults.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2013 · on this mapTrial
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- Residual beta cell function in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes after treatment with atorvastatin: the Randomized DIATOR Trial.PloS one · 2011Trial
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- Sleep duration, lifestyle intervention, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in impaired glucose tolerance: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.Diabetes care · 2009Trial
- Effects of a community-based weight loss intervention on adipose tissue circulating factors.Diabetes & metabolic syndromeTrial
- Association between residential greenness and risks of diabetic complications among individuals with type 2 diabetes and the roles of healthy lifestyle behaviors.Eco-Environment & Health · 2026Article
- Exercise as a modulator of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers across clinical and healthy populations: an umbrella meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- On the Merits of Targeted and Individualized Physical Exercise in Persons with Diabetic Foot Disease-From Controversies to Consensus.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The Effects of Combined Fasting and Exercise on Inflammatory Cytokine Concentrations in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Crossover Study.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisSubclinical inflammation confers an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders and other age-related chronic diseases. Physical activity and diet can attenuate systemic immune activation, but it is not known which individual components of a comprehensive lifestyle intervention are most effective in targeting subclinical inflammation.
methodsWe used data from the baseline examination and the 1 year follow-up of a subsample of 406 of 522 participants of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) to estimate the effect of individual components of lifestyle intervention on C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6 levels, which represent the best characterised proinflammatory risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Changes in metabolic markers, dietary patterns and exercise were analysed to determine which were most strongly associated with the anti-inflammatory effect of lifestyle changes.
resultsLifestyle intervention reduced circulating levels of CRP (p < 0.001) and IL-6 (p = 0.060). Increases in fibre intake and moderate to vigorous leisure time physical activity (LTPA), but not total LTPA, predicted decreases in CRP and/or IL-6 and remained associated even after adjustment for baseline BMI or changes in BMI during the first year of the study. Changes in carbohydrate or fat intake were either weakly or not linked to reductions in CRP and IL-6. CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationThe present study assessed the individual effects of dietary and physical activity measures on low-grade inflammation in individuals at high cardiometabolic risk. Our results underline the importance of moderate to vigorous LTPA and a diet rich in natural fibre, and this should be emphasised in lifestyle recommendations.
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