The Look AHEAD Trial: Bone Loss at Four-Year Follow-up in Type 2 Diabetes
- Source:
- Diabetes care 2014 v.37 no.10 pp. 2822-2829
- ISSN:
- 0149-5992
- Subject:
- bone density, bone resorption, education, hips, lifestyle, men, noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, overweight, physical fitness, randomized clinical trials, weight loss, women
- Abstract:
- To determine whether an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) designed to sustain weight loss and improve physical fitness in overweight or obese persons with type 2 diabetes was associated with bone loss after 4 years of follow-up. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This randomized controlled trial of intensive weight loss compared an ILI with a diabetes support and education (DSE) group among 1,309 overweight or obese subjects. Bone mineral density was assessed at baseline and after 1 year and 4 years of intervention. RESULTS ILI was effective in producing significant weight loss (5.3% vs. 1.8% in ILI and DSE, respectively; P < 0.01) and increased fitness (6.4% vs. 20.8%) at year 4. Inmen, ILI participants had a greater rate of bone loss during the first year (21.66% vs. 20.09% per year in ILI and DSE, respectively). Differences between groups were diminished by one-half after 4 years (20.88% vs 20.05% per year in ILI and DSE, respectively) but remained significant (P < 0.01). The difference in rate of hip bone loss between groups over 4 years was related to increased weight loss in ILI. Among women, the rate of bone loss did not differ between ILI and DSE after 4 years. CONCLUSIONS A 4-year weight loss intervention was significantly associated with a modest increase in bone loss at the hip in men but not in women.
- Agid:
- 60280
- Handle:
- 10113/60280
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc14-0762