OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of fresh vegetable consumption with the risk of diabetes in a Chinese population. METHODS: Data from 2386 individuals aged 35-74 years who participated in a population-based cross sectional diabetes survey in Qingdao, China were analyzed. Frequency of vegetable intake was obtained using a food frequency questionnaire. Diabetes was defined as self-reported diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes determined by 2-h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test or fasting capillary blood glucose test. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the presence (vs. the absence) of diabetes in association with the frequency of fresh vegetable intake was estimated using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The OR for the presence of diabetes was 1.17 (95% CI 0.66, 2.05) in men and 0.50 (95% CI 0.33, 0.77) in women who ate fresh vegetables more than 14 times/week as compared with those who ate fresh vegetables less than 7 times/week after adjustment for age, family history of diabetes, BMI, systolic blood pressure, 24-h energy intake, physical activity and smoking and drinking. CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of fresh vegetables was associated with a low risk of having diabetes in women but not in men in this Chinese population.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of fresh vegetable consumption with the risk of diabetes in a Chinese population. METHODS: Data from 2386 individuals aged 35-74 years who participated in a population-based cross sectional diabetes survey in Qingdao, China were analyzed. Frequency of vegetable intake was obtained using a food frequency questionnaire. Diabetes was defined as self-reported diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes determined by 2-h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test or fasting capillary blood glucose test. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the presence (vs. the absence) of diabetes in association with the frequency of fresh vegetable intake was estimated using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The OR for the presence of diabetes was 1.17 (95% CI 0.66, 2.05) in men and 0.50 (95% CI 0.33, 0.77) in women who ate fresh vegetables more than 14 times/week as compared with those who ate fresh vegetables less than 7 times/week after adjustment for age, family history of diabetes, BMI, systolic blood pressure, 24-h energy intake, physical activity and smoking and drinking. CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of fresh vegetables was associated with a low risk of having diabetes in women but not in men in this Chinese population.
Authors: Soraya Soulimane; Dominique Simon; William H Herman; Celine Lange; Crystal M Y Lee; Stephen Colagiuri; Jonathan E Shaw; Paul Z Zimmet; Dianna Magliano; Sandra R G Ferreira; Yanghu Dong; Lei Zhang; Torben Jorgensen; Jaakko Tuomilehto; Viswanathan Mohan; Dirk L Christensen; Lydia Kaduka; Jacqueline M Dekker; Giel Nijpels; Coen D A Stehouwer; Olivier Lantieri; Wilfred Y Fujimoto; Donna L Leonetti; Marguerite J McNeely; Knut Borch-Johnsen; Edward J Boyko; Dorte Vistisen; Beverley Balkau Journal: Diabetologia Date: 2013-09-25 Impact factor: 10.122