Participant recruitment, baseline characteristics and burden of cardiometabolic risk markers among adults with prediabetes in Kenya: insights from the fermented foods and prediabetes study
Authors' conclusion
Prediabetic adults in Kenya exhibit a high clustering of cardiometabolic abnormalities, highlighting elevated risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature mortality. Comprehensive interventions should target glucose, weight, blood pressure, lipids, and lifestyle factors.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with prediabetes (HbA1c 39–46 mmol/mol; 5.7%-6.4%) from Aga Khan University Hospital outreach clinics in five Kenyan counties
- Participants
- 210 adults
- Outcome
- Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors
- Follow-up
- Baseline
Methodological detailsbaseline data of the Fermented Foods and Prediabetes RCT, Poisson regression
- Baseline data of the Fermented Foods and Prediabetes RCT
- Poisson regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cardiometabolic risk factors
≥1 additional metabolic abnormality alongside prediabetes
96.2%
Excess weight
83.3%
Elevated blood pressure
77.1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Age and number of cardiometabolic risk factors (adjusted)
| IRR (95% CI) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AgeAdjusted analyses | 1.013 (1.005–1.021) | P = 0.002 | |
| 0.512Incidence rate ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Participant recruitment, baseline characteristics and burden of cardiometabolic risk markers among adults with prediabetes in Kenya: insights from the fermented foods and prediabetes study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 17 March 2026. doi:10.
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