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- Title
A diet high in low-fat dairy products lowers diabetes risk in postmenopausal women.
- Authors
Margolis, Karen L; Wei, Feifei; de Boer, Ian H; Howard, Barbara V; Liu, Simin; Manson, JoAnn E; Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin; Phillips, Lawrence S; Shikany, James M; Tinker, Lesley F; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators
- Abstract
Some previous studies have suggested that consuming dairy products, particularly the low-fat variety, lowers the incidence of type 2 diabetes. However, no study to our knowledge has focused on an ethnically diverse group of postmenopausal women, a population with a high risk of this disease. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 82,076 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study who did not report diabetes at enrollment. Total, low-fat, and high-fat dairy product and yogurt intakes were estimated from FFQ at baseline and 3 y of follow-up. Treated diabetes incidence was ascertained from annual follow-up questionnaires. During 8 y of follow-up, 3946 cases of incident treated diabetes were reported (annual incidence, 0.73%; cumulative incidence, 4.8%). After multivariable adjustment, low-fat dairy product consumption was inversely associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes. RR was roughly 0.5-0.6 in the upper quintiles compared with the lowest quintile (median servings/d, 2.8 in the 5th quintile and 1.5 in the 4th quintile vs. 0.05 in the first quintile; P-trend < 0.001). The inverse relationship was more pronounced in women with a higher BMI. High yogurt consumption was associated with a significant decrease in diabetes risk, whereas there was no relationship between high-fat dairy product consumption and diabetes risk. A diet high in low-fat dairy products is associated with lower diabetes risk in postmenopausal women, particularly those who are obese.
- Publication
The Journal of nutrition, 2011, Vol 141, Issue 11, p1969
- ISSN
1541-6100
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3945/jn.111.143339