Egg consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: findings from 3 large US cohort studies of men and women and a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether egg consumption is associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unsettled.

Objectives

We evaluated the association between egg consumption and T2D risk in 3 large US prospective cohorts, and performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Methods

We followed 82,750 women from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS; 1980-2012), 89,636 women from the NHS II (1991-2017), and 41,412 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS; 1986-2016) who were free of T2D, cardiovascular disease, and cancer at baseline. Egg consumption was assessed every 2-4 y using a validated FFQ. We used Cox proportional hazard models to estimate HRs and 95% CIs.

Results

During a total of 5,529,959 person-years of follow-up, we

SUBMITTER: Drouin-Chartier JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458776 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature