Cea-Soriano L, Pulido J, Franch-Nadal J, et al. - In individuals with prediabetes, a high adherence to Mediterranean diet decreased the risk for diabetes, as observed in propensity score analyses.

• In this prospective cohort study, a total of 1,184 participants with prediabetes were included and followed up for a mean of 4.2 years; 210 developed diabetes type 2 during the follow up.

• In participants with high vs low / medium adherence to Mediterranean diet, the estimated incidence rate of diabetes was 2.9 vs 4.8 per 100 persons-years.

• Identical magnitude [0.63 (95% confidence interval, 0.43-0.93)] of hazard ratios adjusted for propensity score and by inverse probability weighting was noted.

• In the adjusted model using propensity score matching 1:2, the estimated hazard ratio was 0.56 (95% confidence interval, 0.37-0.84).