Dietary fiber intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a general Japanese population: The Hisayama Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

The investigation of the influence of dietary fiber intake on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in a general Japanese population.

Materials and methods

A total of 1,892 individuals aged 40-79 years without diabetes at baseline were prospectively followed up for 14 years. The glucose tolerance status of participants was defined by a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test with the 1998 World Health Organization criteria. Dietary fiber intake was estimated by a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire and divided to quintile levels separately by sex. A Cox proportional hazards model was applied for computing the hazard ratios and their 95% confidence intervals for the incidence of diabetes.

Results

During the follow-up period, 280 participants had develop

SUBMITTER: Kimura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature