Table 2.
List of included studies.
| Author (year) | Location of study | Study Design | Description of study population | Study participants analyzed | Glucose/insulin indicators | Effectiveness of intervention | NHLBI Quality Assessment 1,2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kandula et al. (2015) | Chicago, IL |
RCT | Asian Indians or Pakistanis with at least one atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk factor | Intervention: 31 Control: 32 |
A1C,Fasting blood glucose (mg/DL) |
6-month 0.43% decrease in A1C, no significant change in fasting glucose | Good1 |
| Patel et al. (2017) | Houston,TX | RCT | Gujarati Asian Indians at-risk for T2DM | Intervention: 26 Control: 20 |
A1C | 6-month 1.96 mmol/mol and 12-month 2.42 mmol/mol decrease in A1C | Good1 |
| Islam et al. (2014) | New York City, NY | 2GPP | Sikh Asian Indians at-risk for T2DM | Intervention: 54 Control: 48 |
2 h fasting blood glucose (mg/DL) | 6-month 25.6 mg/dL decrease in blood glucose | Fair1 |
| Lim et al. (2019) | New York City, NY | 2GPP | Sikh Asian Indians at-risk for T2DM | Intervention: 71 Control: 89 |
2 h fasting blood glucose (mg/DL | 6-month 19.6 mg/dl decrease in blood glucose | Good1 |
| Gany et al. (2014) | New York City, NY | 1GPP | Asian Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi taxi drivers | Intervention: 47 Control: N/A |
Random glucose test (mg/DL) | No significant change in blood glucose | Good2 |
| Kandula et al. (2016) | Chicago, IL |
1GPP | South Asian women with children (age 6–12) who were at-risk for T2DM | Intervention: 30 Control: N/A |
A1C | 4-month 0.1% increase in A1C | Good2 |
| Weber et al. (2020) | Atlanta, GA |
1GPP | Overweight, pre-diabetic South Asians | Intervention: 9 Control: N/A |
A1C, Normoglycemia, Isolated IGT, Isolated IFT | ^Decrease in A1C, iIGT, iIFT, increase in normoglycemia | Fair2 |
| Sathe et al. (2013) | Alameda, CA |
Baseline | South Asians at-risk for cardiovascular disease | Intervention: 2726 Control: N/A |
Random glucose test (mg/DL) | N/A (Baseline only) | N/A |
1GPP: One-group pre-test/post-test study; 2GPP: Two-group pre-test/post-test study; RCT: Randomized controlled trial;
1
NHLBI Controlled Intervention Studies tool.
2
NHLBI Before-After (Pre-Post) Studies With No Control Group tool.
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statistical testing not conducted due to small sample size.