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 |