Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts.

Design

Prospective cohort studies.

Setting

Nurses' Health Study (NHS; 1986-2018), Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII; 1991-2021), and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS; 1986-2020).

Participants

At study baseline for total chocolate analyses (1986 for NHS and HPFS; 1991 for NHSII), 192 208 participants without T2D, cardiovascular disease, or cancer were included. 111 654 participants were included in the analysis for risk of T2D by intake of chocolate subtypes, assessed from 2006 in NHS and HPFS and from 2007 in NHSII.

Main outcome measure

Self-reported incident T2D, with patients identifie

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616007 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature