Adolescent dairy product consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) prevention has generally focused on the identification of risk factors in adulthood. Dairy product consumption in adults has been associated with a lower risk of T2D.

Objective

The objective was to evaluate the relation between dairy product consumption during adolescence and risk of T2D in adulthood.

Design

We examined the incidence of T2D in relation to high school dairy product consumption within the Nurses' Health Study II cohort. A total of 37,038 women who completed a food-frequency questionnaire about their diet during high school were followed from the time of return of the questionnaire in 1998-2005. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate RRs and 95% CIs.

Results

Compared with women in the lowest quint

SUBMITTER: Malik VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3155931 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature