PMID- 33919529 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210524 LR - 20221207 IS - 1660-4601 (Electronic) IS - 1661-7827 (Print) IS - 1660-4601 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Apr 18 TI - Physical Activity and Glycemic Control Status in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. LID - 10.3390/ijerph18084292 [doi] LID - 4292 AB - This secondary analysis was designed to evaluate the independent effect of physical activity (PA) on hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A total of 799 T2DM patients from eight communities of Shanghai, China, were randomized into one control arm and three intervention arms receiving 1-year interventions of health literacy, exercise, or both. PA was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire at baseline, 12 months, and 24 months and quantified as metabolic equivalents (Mets). A multiple level mixed regression model was applied to evaluate the associations between PA and HbA1c level. After adjusting for potential confounders including interaction of PA level with initial PA or HbA1c, a significant improved HbA1c was observed for the patients in the medium versus the lowest tertile groups of overall PA at 12 months (beta: -3.47, 95%CI: -5.33, -1.60) and for those in the highest versus the lowest tertile group at 24 months (beta: -0.50, 95%CI: -1.00, -0.01), resulting in a beta (95%CI) of -3.49 (95%CI: -5.87, -1.11) during the whole two-year period of follow-up. The negative association was also observed when the subjects were classified according to their exercise levels using the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation as a cut-off point. The beneficial effect of higher PA level was only observed among patients having a lower level of baseline HbA1c or PA or both (all p values for interaction <0.05). Our results provide evidence for the beneficial effect of PA and suggest that the exercise intervention should be addressed to the physically inactive patients to improve their PA level to a physiological threshold. FAU - Yao, Wei-Yuan AU - Yao WY AD - Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - Han, Meng-Ge AU - Han MG AD - Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - De Vito, Giuseppe AU - De Vito G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6855-9180 AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy. FAU - Fang, Hong AU - Fang H AD - Minhang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 201102, China. FAU - Xia, Qinghua AU - Xia Q AD - Changning District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200051, China. FAU - Chen, Yingyao AU - Chen Y AD - Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (National Health Commission), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - Liu, Xiaona AU - Liu X AD - Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - Wei, Yan AU - Wei Y AD - Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (National Health Commission), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - Rothman, Russell L AU - Rothman RL AD - Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. FAU - Xu, Wang-Hong AU - Xu WH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2045-2218 AD - Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (National Health Commission), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210418 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Environ Res Public Health JT - International journal of environmental research and public health JID - 101238455 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) SB - IM MH - Blood Glucose MH - China MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy MH - Exercise MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis MH - Glycemic Control MH - Humans PMC - PMC8073010 OTO - NOTNLM OT - glycemic control OT - physical activity OT - randomized control trial OT - type 2 diabetes COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/05/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/25 06:00 PMCR- 2021/04/18 CRDT- 2021/04/30 01:12 PHST- 2021/02/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/30 01:12 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijerph18084292 [pii] AID - ijerph-18-04292 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijerph18084292 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 18;18(8):4292. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084292.