TY - JOUR AU - Yan, Qun AU - Li, Xu AU - Feng, Bo PY - 2015 DA - 2015/12/01 TI - The efficacy and safety of probiotics intervention in preventing conversion of impaired glucose tolerance to diabetes: study protocol for a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial of the Probiotics Prevention Diabetes Programme (PPDP) JO - BMC Endocrine Disorders SP - 74 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Alterations in intestinal microbiota correlate with risk of development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Probiotics have been suggested to play an important role in the management of dysglycemia, although the evidence is limited. In this study, we aim to explore the efficacy and safety of probiotics intervention in preventing type 2 diabetes in Chinese patients with impaired glucose tolerance. SN - 1472-6823 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-015-0071-9 DO - 10.1186/s12902-015-0071-9 ID - Yan2015 ER -