Association between daily eating frequency and mortality in people with diabetes: Findings from NHANES 1999-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that increasing the frequency of eating is beneficial in terms of cardiovascular metabolic risk factors; however, limited evidence is available for the association between daily eating frequency and mortality, especially in people with diabetes. Therefore, we aimed to explore the association between eating frequency and long-term mortality in populations with diabetes.

Methods

We selected 4,924 individuals suffering from diabetes (mean age: 57.77 years; 51.3% men) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 1999 and 2014. Daily eating frequency was used as the exposure factor in this study. We extracted the mortality data from the National Death Index records and matched them with the population of NHANES.

SUBMITTER: Xie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894317 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature