Quintile 1
Quintile 2-4
Quintile 5
Relative Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
in US Men by Family History
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Family
History
Quintile of Western Dietary Pattern Score
Text Box: Relative risk for type 2 diabetes
Relative risk for
type 2 diabetes
van Dam RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:201-209.
©2002 ACP-ASIM. Reprinted with permission.
Relative Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in US Men by Family History
These data are from The Health Professionals Follow-up Study of 51,529 male health professionals. To assess dietary patterns, a 131-item food-frequency questionnaire was administered in 1986, 1990, and 1994. Using factor analysis based on data from these questionnaires, two major dietary patterns, “prudent” and “western”, were validated. A prudent diet was characterized by the consumption of more vegetables, fruit, fish, poultry, and whole grains. A western diet was characterized by a higher consumption of red meat, processed meat, french fries, high-fat dairy, refined grains, and sweets and desserts.
The relative risk of type 2 diabetes in the cohort based on quintile of the western dietary pattern score was then determined.  The relative risk for type 2 diabetes was lowest in the quintile with the lowest western dietary pattern score and highest in quintile 5 with the highest western dietary pattern score. Across all quintiles the relative risk of type 2 diabetes was significantly greater if there was a family history of diabetes than if there was not.


Reference:
van Dam RM, Rimm EB, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB. Dietary patterns and risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in U.S. men. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(3):201-209.