Stepped Care Plus Cash Incentives Cuts 3‑Year Diabetes Incidence in Multiethnic Asian Prediabetes Cohort
Highlights
– A stepped-care prevention program with financial incentives reduced 3‑year diabetes incidence from 47.3% to 34.8% in overweight/obese adults with prediabetes (adjusted RR 0.74; P < 0.001).
– The intervention combined an initial 6‑month lifestyle program, selective addition of metformin for persistent high-risk participants (26.4% received metformin), and cash rewards for attendance and ≥5% weight loss (45.1% received incentives).
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