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Egg Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Completed
Conditions
Heart Diseases
Type 2 Diabetes
Registration Number
NCT03406910
Lead Sponsor
Loma Linda University
Brief Summary

This is a longitudinal study that will collect demographic, anthropometric and dietary data to determine the relationships between meat and egg intake and the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes.

Detailed Description

Subjects of the Adventist Health Study who are non-diabetic will provide demographic, anthropometric and dietary data at baseline. Meat and egg intake will be assessed with a validated quantitative food frequency intake questionnaire. The relationship between meat and egg intake and the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes will be determined using multivariate-adjusted logistic regression.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
55851
Inclusion Criteria
  • AHS 2 Participants who filled out Hospital History Questionnaire version 3 or 5 Age > 30 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subjects with missing values in dietary variables were excluded from the analytic sample,
  • missing gender
  • age < 30 years
  • improbable questionnaire response patterns
  • extremes of BMI (less than 16 or greater than 60)
  • estimated energy intake (less than 500 or greater than 4,500 kcal/d)
  • existing cases of type 1 or type 2 diabetes at baseline
  • inconsistent reports of T2D between HHQ version 3 and 5

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in subjects who consume different frequencies/amounts of eggs and meat.Change between baseline and 5 Years of follow up

Validated quantitative food frequency questionnaire that compares risk of T2D in subjects who consume different frequencies /amounts of egg and meat and physician diagnosis of diabetes

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loma Linda University

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Loma Linda, California, United States

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