Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: results from a 20-year long prospective cohort study in Swedish men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the association between fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) and the risk of developing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a Swedish prospective cohort study.

Methods

Subjects were 6961 men and women aged 35-56 years old at baseline, participating in the Stockholm Diabetes Prevention Program cohort. By design, the cohort was enriched by 50% with subjects that had family history of diabetes. Anthropometric measurements, oral glucose tolerance tests and questionnaires on lifestyle and dietary factors were carried out at baseline and two follow-up occasions. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios with 95% CIs.

Results

During a mean follow-up time of 20 ± 4 years, 1024 subjects developed T2D and 870 prediabetes. After a

SUBMITTER: Barouti AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363331 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature