Age, Sex, BMI, Meal Timing, and Glycemic Response to Meal Glycemic Load.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postprandial glycemic responses contribute to comorbidities and mortality risk, but the association between food and postprandial glucose responses in general population settings remains uncertain.

Objective

To investigate the association of dietary glycemic load (GL), meal timing, age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration with postprandial glycemic response to mixed meals.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study was conducted from August 21, 2012, to March 26, 2015, at a primary health care center in A Estrada, northwestern Spain. A population-based sample of adults aged 18 to 85 years without diabetes who were randomly selected from National Health System records agreed to participate. Data analysi

SUBMITTER: Calvo-Malvar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457981 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature