Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population
Background Meat consumption has been consistently associated with the risk of diabetes in different populations. The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of type 2 diabetes according to baseline total meat consumption in a longitudinal assessment of a middle-aged Mediterranean popula...
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| author | Mari-Sanchis, A. (Amelia) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Basterra-Gortari, F.J. (Francisco Javier) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Beunza, J.J. (Juan José) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) |
| author_facet | Mari-Sanchis, A. (Amelia) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Basterra-Gortari, F.J. (Francisco Javier) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Beunza, J.J. (Juan José) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) |
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| description | Background
Meat consumption has been consistently associated with the risk of diabetes in different populations. The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of type 2 diabetes according to baseline total meat consumption in a longitudinal assessment of a middle-aged Mediterranean population.
Methods
We followed 18,527 participants (mean age: 38 years, 61% women) in the SUN Project, an open-enrolment cohort of a highly educated population of middle-class Spanish graduate students. All participants were initially free of diabetes. Diet was assessed at baseline using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire of 136-items previously validated. Incident diabetes was defined according to the American Diabetes Association’s criteria.
Results
We identified 146 incident cases of diabetes after a maximum of 14 years of follow-up period (mean: 8.7 years). In the fully adjusted model, the consumption of ≥3 servings/day of all types of meat was significantly associated with a higher risk of diabetes (HR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.03–3.31; p for trend = 0.031) in comparison with the reference category (<2 servings/day). When we separated processed from non-processed meat, we observed a non-significant higher risk associated with greater consumption of processed meat and a non-significant lower risk associated with non-processed meat consumption (p for trend = 0.123 and 0.487, respectively). No significant difference was found between the two types of meat (p = 0.594).
Conclusions
Our results suggest that meat consumption, especially processed meat, was associated with a higher risk of developing diabetes in our young Mediterranean cohort. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-431892022-06-29T09:41:39Z Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population Mari-Sanchis, A. (Amelia) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Basterra-Gortari, F.J. (Francisco Javier) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Beunza, J.J. (Juan José) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública Background Meat consumption has been consistently associated with the risk of diabetes in different populations. The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of type 2 diabetes according to baseline total meat consumption in a longitudinal assessment of a middle-aged Mediterranean population. Methods We followed 18,527 participants (mean age: 38 years, 61% women) in the SUN Project, an open-enrolment cohort of a highly educated population of middle-class Spanish graduate students. All participants were initially free of diabetes. Diet was assessed at baseline using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire of 136-items previously validated. Incident diabetes was defined according to the American Diabetes Association’s criteria. Results We identified 146 incident cases of diabetes after a maximum of 14 years of follow-up period (mean: 8.7 years). In the fully adjusted model, the consumption of ≥3 servings/day of all types of meat was significantly associated with a higher risk of diabetes (HR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.03–3.31; p for trend = 0.031) in comparison with the reference category (<2 servings/day). When we separated processed from non-processed meat, we observed a non-significant higher risk associated with greater consumption of processed meat and a non-significant lower risk associated with non-processed meat consumption (p for trend = 0.123 and 0.487, respectively). No significant difference was found between the two types of meat (p = 0.594). Conclusions Our results suggest that meat consumption, especially processed meat, was associated with a higher risk of developing diabetes in our young Mediterranean cohort. 2017-03-30T09:32:19Z 2017-03-30T09:32:19Z 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/43189 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Public Library of Science |
| spellingShingle | Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública Mari-Sanchis, A. (Amelia) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Basterra-Gortari, F.J. (Francisco Javier) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Beunza, J.J. (Juan José) Bes-Rastrollo, M. (Maira) Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title | Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title_full | Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title_fullStr | Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title_short | Meat Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the SUN Project: A Highly Educated Middle-Class Population |
| title_sort | meat consumption and risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the sun project: a highly educated middle-class population |
| topic | Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/43189 |
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