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ReviewPreventive medicine reports2015

Lifestyle interventions for type 2 diabetes prevention in women with prior gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioural, anthropometric and metabolic outcomes.

A S Gilinsky, A F Kirk, A R Hughes, R S Lindsay

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Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors.

A S GilinskySchool of Psychological & Health Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1QE, United Kingdom.
A F KirkSchool of Psychological & Health Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1QE, United Kingdom.
A R HughesSchool of Psychological & Health Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1QE, United Kingdom.
R S LindsayBritish Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, 126 University Place, Glasgow G11 8TA, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo systematically review lifestyle interventions for women with prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) to report study characteristics, intervention design and study quality and explore changes in 1) diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour; 2) anthropometric outcomes and; 3) glycaemic control and diabetes risk.

methodsDatabases (Web of Science, CCRCT, EMBASE and Science DIRECT) were searched (1980 to April 2014) using keywords for controlled or pre-post design trials of lifestyle intervention targeting women with previous GDM reporting at least one behavioural, anthropometric or diabetes outcome. Selected studies were narratively synthesized with anthropometric and glycaemic outcomes synthesized using meta-analysis.

resultsThree of 13 included studies were rated as low bias risk. Recruitment rates were poor but study retention good. Six of 11 studies reporting on physical activity reported favourable intervention effects. All six studies reporting on diet reported favourable intervention effects. In meta-analysis, significant weight-loss was attributable to one Chinese population study (WMD = - 1.06 kg (95% CI = - 1.68, - 0.44)). Lifestyle interventions did not change fasting blood glucose (WMD = - 0.05 mmol/L, 95% CI = - 0.21, 0.11) or type 2 diabetes risk.

conclusionsLack of methodologically robust trials gives limited evidence for the success of lifestyle interventions in women with prior GDM. Recruitment into trials is challenging.

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PMID26844102
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