PDM: Abbreviations (2023)

PDM: Abbreviations (2023)

Abbreviations (in alphabetical order)

Term Defintion
 BMI  Body mass index
 CDC  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CI  Confidence interval
 CMS  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 DPB  Diastolic blood pressure
 DPP  Diabetes Prevention Program
 FBG  Fasting blood glucose
 GDT  Guideline development tool
 GRADE  Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
 HbA1c  Hemoglobin A1c
 HDL-C  High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
 LDL-C  Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
 MD  Mean difference
 MNT  Medical Nutrition Therapy
 NCP  Nutrition Care Process
 OGIT  Oral glucose tolerance test
 PICO  Population, Intervention, Control and Outcome
 PRISMA  Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
 RCT  Randomized controlled trial
 RDN  Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
 ROB2  Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials version 2
 SBP  Systolic blood pressure
 T2DM  Type 2 diabetes mellitus
 TC  Total cholesterol
 TG Triglycerides
 US  United States
 USPSTF  US Preventative Service Task Force
 WC  Waist circumference