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Associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with glucose intolerance in Iranian adults

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This study examined the associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with glucose intolerance in Iranian adults. The study had a cross-sectional design and was performed as a secondary analysis on data obtained from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (2000–2001). Data on food intake using a 24-hour recall and blood parameters of a subsample of 960 adults age ≥19 years were used (436 Men, 524 Women; age: 38.2 ± 15.4 year). We identified a positive significant association of fasting and postprandial blood glucose (P < 0.001), body mass index (P < 0.001), and age (P < 0.001) with diabetes mellitus, but found no statistically significant associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with diabetes mellitus after adjusting for body mass index, age, gender, and smoking as confounding factors. We concluded that a low glycemic index diet is not associated with the prevalence of glucose intolerance in our sample.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Centre (ICRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, for providing data for this study.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All authors contributed equally in designing and coordinating the study. All authors have read and approved the content of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Elham Hosseini, Carl Lachat & Patrick Kolsteren

  2. Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

    Carl Lachat & Patrick Kolsteren

  3. Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Khorram St., Isfahan, Iran

    Noushin Mohammadifard & Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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Hosseini, E., Lachat, C., Mohammadifard, N. et al. Associations of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load with glucose intolerance in Iranian adults. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 34, 89–94 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-013-0158-7

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