The study is a crossover, pilot trial examining the acute effects of standing on blood sugar in prediabetic, working adults. Participants will complete oral glucose tolerance testing, once while sitting and once while standing. They will also wear a continuous blood sugar monitor once while sitting at their desk for a week and once while using their desk as a sit-stand desk with a goal of standing intermittently for at least half of the work day. Physical activity levels will be measured with an accelerometer. The primary study hypothesis is that blood sugar will differ between the sitting and standing conditions for each of the tests performed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Department of Human Services
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Blood sugar area under the curve
The area under the curve following the 2 hour blood sugar tests.
Time frame: 2 hours
Accelerometer counts
Accelerometer counts in the 4 testing conditions.
Time frame: 4 hours and 2 5 day periods
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