The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study: A Follow-up Study on the Effect of a Dietary and Exercise Intervention in the Prevention of Diabetes and Its Vascular Complications

The aim of this study is to clarify whether lifestyle intervention provided to people with high type 2 diabetes risk will lower the cumulative incidence of diabetes. Furthermore, the aim is to study the effect of lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular risk.

Inclusion Criteria:

• impaired glucose tolerance (p-glucose 2 hours after a 75 g oral glucose load between 7.8 and 11.0 mmol/l)
• body mass index 25 or higher

Exclusion Criteria:

• diabetes (previous gestational diabetes accepted)
• other chronic disease rendering survival for 6 years
• condition or medication affecting glucose tolerance
• recent myocardial infarction