Association between Obesity and Intake of Different Food Groups among Japanese with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Japan Diabetes Clinical Data Management Study (JDDM68).

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigated the association between various food groups and obesity in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

2070 patients with type 2 diabetes who attended 26 diabetes clinics throughout Japan were analyzed and were divided into obese and non-obese groups. Intakes of food groups determined by a food frequency questionnaire were compared. Odds ratios for obesity for quartiles of individual food groups were calculated using a logistic regression model.

Results

Non-obese patients consumed a larger variety of food groups than obese patients, with the diets of non-obese individuals closer to the traditional Japanese diet characterized by fish, seaweed, and soybeans/soy products. Among 21 food groups, low vegetable intake and high sweets intake wer

SUBMITTER: Hatta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature