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Lifestyle Advice Combined with Personalized Estimates of Genetic or Phenotypic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, and Objectively Measured Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS Medicine, November 2016
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Title
Lifestyle Advice Combined with Personalized Estimates of Genetic or Phenotypic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, and Objectively Measured Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Published in
PLOS Medicine, November 2016
DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002185
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Authors

Job G. Godino, Esther M. F. van Sluijs, Theresa M. Marteau, Stephen Sutton, Stephen J. Sharp, Simon J. Griffin

Abstract

Information about genetic and phenotypic risk of type 2 diabetes is now widely available and is being incorporated into disease prevention programs. Whether such information motivates behavior change or has adverse effects is uncertain. We examined the effect of communicating an estimate of genetic or phenotypic risk of type 2 diabetes in a parallel group, open, randomized controlled trial. We recruited 569 healthy middle-aged adults from the Fenland Study, an ongoing population-based, observational study in the east of England (Cambridgeshire, UK). We used a computer-generated random list to assign participants in blocks of six to receive either standard lifestyle advice alone (control group, n = 190) or in combination with a genetic (n = 189) or a phenotypic (n = 190) risk estimate for type 2 diabetes (intervention groups). After 8 wk, we measured the primary outcome, objectively measured physical activity (kJ/kg/day), and also measured several secondary outcomes (including self-reported diet, self-reported weight, worry, anxiety, and perceived risk). The study was powered to detect a between-group difference of 4.1 kJ/kg/d at follow-up. 557 (98%) participants completed the trial. There were no significant intervention effects on physical activity (difference in adjusted mean change from baseline: genetic risk group versus control group 0.85 kJ/kg/d (95% CI -2.07 to 3.77, p = 0.57); phenotypic risk group versus control group 1.32 (95% CI -1.61 to 4.25, p = 0.38); and genetic risk group versus phenotypic risk group -0.47 (95% CI -3.40 to 2.46, p = 0.75). No significant differences in self-reported diet, self-reported weight, worry, and anxiety were observed between trial groups. Estimates of perceived risk were significantly more accurate among those who received risk information than among those who did not. Key limitations include the recruitment of a sample that may not be representative of the UK population, use of self-reported secondary outcome measures, and a short follow-up period. In this study, we did not observe short-term changes in behavior associated with the communication of an estimate of genetic or phenotypic risk of type 2 diabetes. We also did not observe changes in worry or anxiety in the study population. Additional research is needed to investigate the conditions under which risk information might enhance preventive strategies. (Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN09650496; Date applied: April 4, 2011; Date assigned: June 10, 2011). The trial is registered with Current Controlled Trials, ISRCTN09650496.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Unknown 210 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 15%
Student > Bachelor 27 13%
Student > Master 22 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 8%
Other 14 7%
Other 38 18%
Unknown 62 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 38 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 24 11%
Psychology 20 9%
Sports and Recreations 13 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 6%
Other 30 14%
Unknown 75 35%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 314. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2020.
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#108,956
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Outputs from PLOS Medicine
#261
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#2,314
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS Medicine
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