Lower intake of saturated fatty acids is associated with persistently higher arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

There are few studies to investigate the relationship between macronutrients and longitudinal changes in arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This exploratory study sought to determine whether macronutrients were correlated with increased arterial stiffness independently of conventional atherosclerotic risk factors.

Materials and methods

The study participants comprised 733 type 2 diabetes outpatients who had no apparent history of cardiovascular diseases. The dietary schedule was assessed with a validated, brief, self-administered diet history questionnaire. At baseline and at years 2 and 5, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity was measured. A multivariable linear mixed-effects model was used to determine the predictive values of mac

SUBMITTER: Mita T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7858113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature