The Impact of Lifedoc
Health’s Multidisciplinary Team Approach on Cardiometabolic Risk Profile
in a Multiracial Cohort of Adults with Obesity: A 1-year Exploratory
Pilot Study
Pedro A. Velásquez-Mieyer1, Ramfis
Nieto-Martínez1,2,3, Andrés
Velásquez-Rodríguez4, Claudia
Neira1, Xichen Mou5, Andres
Neira1, Gabriela Garcia1, Pedro
Velásquez-Rodríguez1,6, Marian
Levy5,
1 Lifedoc Health, Memphis, TN, US.
2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard
TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
3Foundation for Clinic, Public Health, and
Epidemiology Research of Venezuela (FISPEVEN INC), Barquisimeto,
Venezuela
4 LifeDOC Research, Memphis, TN, US
5 School of Public Health, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN, US.
6 DarSalud Management, Memphis, TN, US
Current Address: 1068 Cresthaven Rd, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38119.
Phone: 901-683-0024
Fax number: 901-683-0028.
Email:
pvelasquez@lifedochealth.org
Short Title:
Multidisciplinary approach on cardiometabolic risk
Keywords: Multidisciplinary, obesity, risk factors, body mass index,
cardiometabolic
Conflicts of interest: Non declared.
Contribution of Authors: RNM designed the statistical analysis,
participated in manuscript writing, discussion, and review. PVM and CN
designed the clinical MDT protocol, coordinated its implementation and
interventions, directed the data collection and contributed to the
drafting, analytical design, discussion and review, PVR directed the
implementation of care coordination and patient engagement protocols,
participated in data collection and contributed in the review; AN
implemented lifestyle counselling, XM contributed to analysis plan and
performed the statistical analysis, ML contributed to the discussion and
reviewed, AVR managed data aggregation/quality, contributed to the
drafting, analytical design, discussion and review; GG coordinated the
implementation of the protocols and contributed to data collection and
formatting.
Word count: 4,888 with
tables (without references)
Number of Tables : 4
Number of Figures: 1
Number of References: 24
Journal : International Journal of Clinical Practice.Total words 5,000 (flexible)