Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes or Obesity Receiving Carbohydrate-Reduced Nutrition via Telemedicine: A Retrospective Claims-Based Cohort Study.

Caroline G P Roberts¹, Priya V Shanmugam², Shaminie J Athinarayanan², Adam J Wolfberg², Stephen Raskin³, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez⁴

¹Research Department, Virta Health, 3513 Brighton Blvd, Suite 310, Denver, CO, 80216, USA. caroline@virtahealth.com.

²Research Department, Virta Health, 3513 Brighton Blvd, Suite 310, Denver, CO, 80216, USA.

³Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.

⁴Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors improve with carbohydrate-reduced nutrition, but the impact on CV outcomes is unknown. We assessed the incidence of CV outcomes associated with a carbohydrate-reduced telemedicine intervention in a retrospective claims-based cohort study. METHODS: Adults with type 2 diabetes or obesity receiving individualized nutritional therapy (INT) between Januar…

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