252-OR: Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Lower Mortality Rates in Type 2 Diabetes

Look AHEAD was a randomized multi-center clinical trial comparing effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) with diabetes support and education (DSE) on CVD events in 5145 adults aged 45-76 years who were overweight or obese and had type 2 diabetes. After 10 years of follow-up, the ILI had no significant effect on the primary outcome of fatal or non-fatal CVD events or on all-cause or CVD mortality rates. We now present a secondary...