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Associations of Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load With Glucose Intolerance in Iranian Adults Publisher



Hosseini E1 ; Lachat C1, 2 ; Mohammadifard N3 ; Sarrafzadegan N3 ; Kolsteren P1, 2
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  1. 1. Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  2. 2. Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
  3. 3. Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Khorram St., Iran

Source: International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries Published:2014


Abstract

This study examined the associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with glucose intolerance in Iranian adults. The study had a cross-sectional design and was performed as a secondary analysis on data obtained from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (2000-2001). Data on food intake using a 24-hour recall and blood parameters of a subsample of 960 adults age ≥19 years were used (436 Men, 524 Women; age: 38.2±15.4 year). We identified a positive significant association of fasting and postprandial blood glucose (P<0.001), body mass index (P<0.001), and age (P<0.001) with diabetes mellitus, but found no statistically significant associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with diabetes mellitus after adjusting for body mass index, age, gender, and smoking as confounding factors. We concluded that a low glycemic index diet is not associated with the prevalence of glucose intolerance in our sample. © 2013 Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India.
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