Outcomes and Economic Benefits of Penn State Extension’s Dining With Diabetes Program
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 15 — May 3, 2018
PEER REVIEWED
Of the 592 participants who had uncontrolled diabetes at baseline, 102 (17.2%) changed to controlled diabetes and 58 (9.8%) changed to prediabetes at follow-up.
Figure 1. Follow-up HbA1c compared with baseline HbA1c for participants with uncontrolled diabetes at baseline, Pennsylvania State University Extension’s Dining With Diabetes Program, October 2012–June 2015. Each point represents a study participant. Points below the diagonal line indicate a participant with a decrease in HbA1c, whereas points above the line indicate a participant with an increase in HbA1c. A point in the shaded areas indicates that a decrease was large enough to move the participant into a new, lower category of diabetes. The following categories of diabetes status were used: no diabetes (HbA1c <5.7), prediabetes (HbA1c 5.7–6.4), controlled diabetes (HbA1c 6.5–7.0), and uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c >7.0).
Figure 2. Number of participants in each diabetes category, determined by HbA1c measurements, at baseline and follow-up, Pennsylvania State University Extension’s Dining With Diabetes Program, October 2012–June 2015. The following categories of diabetes status were used: no diabetes (HbA1c <5.7), prediabetes (HbA1c 5.7–6.4), controlled diabetes (HbA1c 6.5–7.0), and uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c >7.0).
| Diabetic Status at Baseline per HbA1c Measurement | Baseline | No Diabetes at Follow-up | Prediabetes at Follow-up | Controlled Diabetes at Follow-up | Uncontrolled Diabetes at Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No diabetes | 257 | 145 | 101 | 3 | 8 |
| Prediabetes | 604 | 97 | 404 | 79 | 24 |
| Controlled diabetes | 328 | 7 | 103 | 135 | 83 |
| Uncontrolled diabetes | 592 | 0 | 58 | 102 | 432 |