Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and risk of diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with significant improvements in health status. However, to date no systematic review and meta-analysis has summarized the effects of Mediterranean diet adherence on the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Design

Electronic searches for randomized controlled trials and cohort studies were performed in MEDLINE, SCOPUS, EMBASE and the Cochrane Trial Register until 2 April 2014. Pooled effects were calculated by an inverse-variance random-effect meta-analysis using the statistical software Review Manager 5.2 by the Cochrane Collaboration.

Setting

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies.

Subjects

Eligibility criteria

19+years of age.

Results

One randomized controlled tri

SUBMITTER: Schwingshackl L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273006 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature