Adherence to a healthy lifestyle and the risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simultaneously adhering to multiple healthy lifestyle factors has been related to up to 90% reduction in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) incidence in White populations; however, little is known about whether such protective effects persist in other non-White populations.

Methods

We examined the associations of six lifestyle factors with T2DM in the China Kadoorie Biobank of 461 211 participants aged 30-79 years without diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or cancer at baseline. We defined low-risk lifestyle factors as non-smoking or having stopped for reasons other than illness; alcohol consumption of <30 g/day; upper quarter of the physical activity level; diet rich in vegetables and fruits, low in red meat and with some degree of replacement of rice with wheat; body mass in

SUBMITTER: Lv J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837408 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature