Type of vegetarian diet, body weight, and prevalence of type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in people following different types of vegetarian diets compared with that in nonvegetarians.

Research design and methods

The study population comprised 22,434 men and 38,469 women who participated in the Adventist Health Study-2 conducted in 2002-2006. We collected self-reported demographic, anthropometric, medical history, and lifestyle data from Seventh-Day Adventist church members across North America. The type of vegetarian diet was categorized based on a food-frequency questionnaire. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs using multivariate-adjusted logistic regression.

Results

Mean BMI was lowest in vegans (23.6 kg/m(2)) and incrementally higher in lacto-ovo vegetarians (25.7 kg/m(2)), pesco-vegetaria

SUBMITTER: Tonstad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2671114 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature