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Lifestyle interventions were not superior to usual care in reducing cardiovascular mortality (RR 0.99; 95% CI 0.79-1.23).
Practitioners should consider that lifestyle interventions may not significantly impact cardiovascular mortality in this population.
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Lifestyle interventions were not superior to usual care in reducing cardiovascular (RR 0.99; 95% CI 0.79-1.23) or all-cause (RR 0.93; 95% CI 0.85-1.03) mortality.
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Based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
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Long-term Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on the Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality of Subjects With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Kelly Pozzer Zucatti et al. · Diabetes Care · 2022
DOI 10.2337/dc22-0642
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