Role of diet in type 2 diabetes incidence: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarise the evidence of associations between dietary factors and incidence of type 2 diabetes and to evaluate the strength and validity of these associations.

Design

Umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of prospective observational studies.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase, searched up to August 2018.

Eligibility criteria

Systematic reviews with meta-analyses reporting summary risk estimates for the associations between incidence of type 2 diabetes and dietary behaviours or diet quality indices, food groups, foods, beverages, alcoholic beverages, macronutrients, and micronutrients.

Results

53 publications were included, with 153 adjusted summary hazard ratios on dietary behaviours or diet quality indices

SUBMITTER: Neuenschwander M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607211 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature