Understanding how diabetes develops and changes over time

This is a long-term research study that follows people who have just been diagnosed with diabetes—along with a comparison group of people without diabetes—to understand how the disease develops and changes over time. Researchers will examine you thoroughly at the start and then again at 2, 5, and 10 years to identify patterns in how diabetes progresses and what influences those patterns.

When someone is first diagnosed with diabetes, doctors don't yet know how quickly or severely their individual disease will progress. By carefully studying newly diagnosed patients over many years, researchers can identify which people are at highest risk for complications and which lifestyle factors—like diet and physical activity—might slow down disease progression.