TY - JOUR AU - Albuja Chaves, Marco AU - Vera Alcívar, David PY - 2021/11/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Clinical profile of patients before and after a diabetes reversal program in Ecuador: Perfil clínico de pacientes antes y después de un programa de reversión de diabetes en Ecuador JF - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana JA - Rev.Fac.Med.Hum VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Original Papers DO - 10.25176/RFMH.v22i1.4339 UR - http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/4339 SP - AB - <p><strong>Introduction.</strong> Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death in Ecuador and the world, and within them diabetes mellitus is one of the fastest growing morbidity and mortality. <strong>Objective</strong>. To determine if there are differences between the clinical characteristics before and after a diabetes reversal program in Ecuador. <strong>Methods</strong>. Comparative study before and after in the same individual. Patients who voluntarily entered an outpatient clinical program based on Lifestyle Medicine were followed for 8 weeks, measures were taken at the beginning and at the end of this period, which included plant-based nutrition, physical exercise and psychological support. <strong>Results.</strong> Eight patients were analyzed between 40 and 74 years (3 women and 5 men) The comparative analysis before and after the intervention showed significant differences for: Weight (p = 0.007), BMI (p: 0.004), Glucose (p = 0, 04), glycosylated hemoglobin (p = 0.007), triglycerides (p = 0.04), urea (p = 0.004), and TGP (p = 0.023). <strong>Conclusions.</strong> There is an improvement in the variables measured after having carried out the “Lifestyle Medicine” reversal program compared to the initial measurements.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -