Intake of whole grain foods and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine the associations between the intake of total and individual whole grain foods and the risk of type 2 diabetes. DESIGN:Prospective cohort studies. SETTING:Nurses' Health Study (1984-2014), Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2017), and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2016), United States. PARTICIPANTS:158 259 women and 36 525 men who did not have type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer at baseline. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Self-reports of incident type 2 diabetes by participants identified through follow-up questionnaires and confirmed by a validated supplementary questionnaire. RESULTS:During 4 618 796 person years of follow-up, 18 629 participants with type 2 diabetes were identified. Total whole grain consumption was categorized into five equal groups of

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7341349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature