Trial reportThe Diabetes educator
Diabetes self-management and leptin in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes: the Starr County border health initiative.
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- Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Resilience in Vulnerable Populations With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2015Pooled it
- A Health Systems Approach to Nurse-Led Implementation of Diabetes Prevention and Management in Vulnerable Populations.Health systems and reform · 2025Article
- Effects of exercise and diet intervention on appetite-regulating hormones associated with miRNAs in obese children.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- A Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention Enhanced With Multiple-Behavior Self-Monitoring Using Mobile and Connected Tools for Underserved Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbid Overweight or Obesity: Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Understanding Cultural Influences on Dietary Habits in Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latino Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of Current Literature and Future Directions.Current diabetes reports · 2017Review
- Family interventions to improve diabetes outcomes for adults.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2015Review
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purposeThe purpose of the study was to (1) characterize leptin in Mexican Americans with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, (2) examine relationships among leptin and indicators of diabetes status (body mass index and A1C), and (3) explore the effects of a culturally tailored diabetes self-management education intervention on leptin.
methodsIn Starr County, an impoverished Texas-Mexico border community, 252 Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes were recruited to test a diabetes self-management education intervention culturally tailored in terms of language, dietary recommendations, social emphasis, family participation, and incorporation of cultural health beliefs. Groups of 8 participants were randomized to experimental or wait-listed control conditions. Outcomes were measured at 3, 6, and 12 months; by 12 months, 109 had complete leptin data.
resultsMost participants were women and, on average, 55 years of age, diagnosed with diabetes for 8 years, obese, and in poor glycemic control. Three variables-body mass index, sex, A1C-explained 36% of the variance in baseline leptin; there were no intervention effects on leptin. Sex, time, and gender × time interaction effects on leptin were statistically significant; greater increases in leptin over time occurred in women compared to men. In women, fasting blood glucose changes from baseline to 12 months significantly predicted leptin changes from baseline to 12 months; in men, body mass index changes predicted leptin change.
conclusionsWith increasing obesity rates, further research is warranted to determine if leptin is a useful intervention target in type 2 diabetes.
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