ArticleDiabetes care2009
Eating fish and risk of type 2 diabetes: A population-based, prospective follow-up study.
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- Dietary Protein Consumption and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2017Pooled it
- Association between omega-3 fatty acids consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2017Pooled it
- Omega-3 fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of nutrition · 2012Pooled it
- Fish consumption, dietary long-chain n-3 fatty acids, and risk of type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.Diabetes care · 2012Pooled it
- Fish Consumption and Incidence of Diabetes: meta-analysis of data from 438,000 individuals in 12 independent prospective cohorts with an average 11-year follow-up.Diabetes care · 2012Pooled it
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- Treatment for 6 months with fish oil-derived n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has neutral effects on glycemic control but improves dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients with abdominal obesity: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2017Trial
- CMPF does not associate with impaired glucose metabolism in individuals with features of metabolic syndrome.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Identification of Novel Genetic Variants and Food Intake Factors Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in South Korean Adults, Using an Illness-Death Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Risk factors of diabetes in a high risk cardiovascular population in Hainan Province.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Marine N-3 Fatty Acids Mitigate Hyperglycemia in Prediabetes by Improving Muscular Glucose Transporter 4 Translocation and Glucose Homeostasis.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Dietary Intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Is Associated with Blood Glucose and Diabetes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Hypoglycemic Ability of Sericin-Derived Oligopeptides (SDOs) fromFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intake of different types of seafood and meat and risk of type 2 diabetes in women: a prospective study supported by a dietary intervention in mice.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the relation between total fish, type of fish (lean and fatty), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a population-based cohort. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThe analysis included 4,472 Dutch participants aged >or=55 years without diabetes at baseline. Dietary intake was assessed with a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Hazard ratios (relative risk [RR]) with 95% CIs were used to examine risk associations adjusted for age, sex, lifestyle, and nutritional factors.
resultsAfter 15 years of follow-up, 463 participants developed type 2 diabetes. Median fish intake, mainly lean fish (81%), was 10 g/day. Total fish intake was associated positively with risk of type 2 diabetes; the RR was 1.32 (95% CI 1.02-1.70) in the highest total fish group (>or=28 g/day) compared with that for non-fish eaters (P(trend) = 0.04). Correspondingly, lean fish intake tended to be associated positively with type 2 diabetes (RR highest group [>or=23 g/day] 1.30 [95% CI 1.01-1.68]; P(trend) = 0.06), but fatty fish was not. No association was observed between EPA and DHA intake and type 2 diabetes (RR highest group [>or=149.4 mg/day] 1.22 [0.97-1.53]). With additional adjustment for intake of selenium, cholesterol, and vitamin D, this RR decreased to 1.05 (0.80-1.38; P(trend) = 0.77).
conclusionsThe findings do not support a beneficial effect of total fish, type of fish, or EPA and DHA intake on the risk of type 2 diabetes. Alternatively, other dietary components, such as selenium, and unmeasured contaminants present in fish might explain our results.
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