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trans Fatty acid consumption, lifestyle and type 2 diabetes prevalence in a Spanish population

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Abstract

Aim of the study

To analyse the association of trans fatty acid (TFA) consumption with the risk of type 2 diabetes and lifestyle in a South European population.

Methods

Data were obtained from two population-based cross-sectional surveys conducted in Gerona (Spain) in 2000 and 2005. The present analysis included 7,774 free-living Spanish men and women aged 35–74 years. Diet was assessed by a validated food frequency questionnaire. Fasting blood sugar was measured and history of diabetes recorded.

Results

trans Fatty acid intake was relatively low in our study population (1.5 g d−1 for women and 1.8 g d−1 for men). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a null association between TFA intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in men and women. Total energy intake, alcohol consumption and the prevalence of smoking increased across quartiles of TFA intake. An inverse association was found between TFA intake and the consumption of vegetables, fruit, fish, legumes, white bread and olive oil in both genders (p < 0.001) after adjusting for energy intake. In contrast, intakes of meat, sausages and pastry products increased across quartiles of TFA intake in both genders (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

trans Fatty acid intake was not associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Higher TFA intake was associated with less healthy lifestyle and dietary habits in both sexes.

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Acknowledgments

We appreciate the English revision by Elaine M. Lilly PhD (Writer’s First Aid). This research was supported by grant 2FD097-0297-CO2-01 from Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) and in part by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Miguel Servet Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBER: Fisiopatología de la obesidad y nutrición CB06/03/0028, Fondo de Invesigación Sanitaria ISCIII CP 03/00115.

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  1. Environmental Epidemiology Research Centre, Biomedical Research Park, c/Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

    Kyriaki Papantoniou

  2. Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, Municipal Institute for Medical Research, Hospital de Mar, Biomedical Research Park, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition Research Network, c/Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

    Montserrat Fíto, Maria-Isabel Covas, Daniel Muñoz & Helmut Schröder

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Papantoniou, K., Fíto, M., Covas, MI. et al. trans Fatty acid consumption, lifestyle and type 2 diabetes prevalence in a Spanish population. Eur J Nutr 49, 357–364 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-010-0093-z

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