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Maintaining ≥7% weight loss one year after a 12-week intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) significantly reduces the 10-year incidence of diabetic nephropathy in patients with diabetes.
For patients with diabetes and obesity, aiming for at least 7% weight loss within the first year of a structured lifestyle program is critical. This specific threshold is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing kidney disease (nephropathy) over the next decade. Focus on sustainable dietary and exercise changes to achieve this initial loss, as maintaining it provides long-term organ protection.
Maintenance of ≥7% weight loss at 1 year was associated with a 68% lower risk of developing nephropathy for up to 10 years compared with maintenance of <7% weight loss (adjusted HR for group B: 0.32, 95% CI 0.11, 0.9, p=0.007).
Why this rating
Longitudinal 10-year study with adjusted hazard ratios, but lacks a concurrent control group receiving standard care (only compares weight maintainers vs. regain).
Source
Long-term effect of intensive lifestyle intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors and microvascular complications in patients with diabetes in real-world clinical practice: a 10-year longitudinal study
Shaheen Tomah et al. · BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care · 2023
DOI 10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003179
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