An economic evaluation for prevention of diabetes mellitus in a developing country: a modelling study

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Table 3 The extra time gained for individuals with IGT before developing diabetes related disorders by preventions at different initiation ages

Different strategies	Years gained before development of diabetes onset			Years gained before development of complications
	Age 25	Age 40	Age 60	Age 25	Age 40	Age 60
Screening with diet intervention	2.51	1.59	0.49	4.48	2.68	0.68
Screening with exercise intervention	2.94	1.85	0.57	5.20	3.06	0.78
Screening with duo-intervention	2.88	1.81	0.55	5.11	3.00	0.75
Screening alone	0.04	0.01	0	0.08	0.02	0

Subjects with IGT who received prevention strategies gained more years before having diabetes and of any kind of complications than the control, the term extra time was used for these years. All prevention strategies, except screening alone at initiation age of 60 years, offered some extra time. Moreover, the initiation ages were found to show proportional effect on extra time.

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