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Among patients with monthly counseling or more, the 10-year cumulative incidence of death and cardiovascular events was 33.0% compared with 38.1% for less than monthly counseling.
Practitioners should consider increasing the frequency of lifestyle counseling for diabetic patients to improve long-term outcomes.
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Among patients with monthly counseling or more, 10-year cumulative incidence of the primary outcome was 33.0% compared with 38.1% for less than monthly counseling (P = 0.0005).
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Based on retrospective study design with significant findings.
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Lifestyle Counseling and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes
Huabing Zhang et al. · Diabetes Care · 2019
DOI 10.2337/dc19-0629
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