SynthesisThe American journal of clinical nutrition2014
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from 3 large US cohorts and an updated meta-analysis.
Synthesis in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00005152 (Nurses' Health Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 151 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Nurses' Health Study (Cardiovascular Component)
Who cites it
151 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 392 citations in OpenAlex.
- An evidence-based assessment of the nutritional recommendations for the prevention of diabetes mellitus.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Isomaltulose on Glycemic and Insulinemic Responses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- White rice, brown rice and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Associations of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load with Cardiovascular Disease: Updated Evidence from Meta-analysis and Cohort Studies.Current cardiology reports · 2022Pooled it
- Preventive Role of Diet Interventions and Dietary Factors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Umbrella Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Potatoes and risk of chronic disease: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.European journal of nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Role of diet in type 2 diabetes incidence: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective observational studies.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Pooled it
- Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Assessment of Causal Relations.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analyses of Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: An exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
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- Effects of Low Glycemic Index Diets on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Weight-independent effects of dietary carbohydrate-to-fat ratio on metabolomic profiles: secondary outcomes of a 5-month randomized controlled feeding trial.Nature communications · 2026Trial
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- Potato Preload Mitigated Postprandial Glycemic Excursion in Healthy Subjects: An Acute Randomized Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- A Snack Formulated with Ingredients to Slow Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption Reduces the Glycemic Response in Humans: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medicinal food · 2020Trial
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- Apple Preload Halved the Postprandial Glycaemic Response of Rice Meal on in Healthy Subjects.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Substituting brown rice for white rice on diabetes risk factors in India: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
91 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundEpidemiologic evidence for the relation between carbohydrate quality and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been mixed.
objectiveWe prospectively examined the association of dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) with T2D risk.
designWe prospectively followed 74,248 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2008), 90,411 women from the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2009), and 40,498 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2008) who were free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer at baseline. Diet was assessed by using a validated questionnaire and updated every 4 y. We also conducted an updated meta-analysis, including results from our 3 cohorts and other studies.
resultsDuring 3,800,618 person-years of follow-up, we documented 15,027 cases of incident T2D. In pooled multivariable analyses, those in the highest quintile of energy-adjusted GI had a 33% higher risk (95% CI: 26%, 41%) of T2D than those in the lowest quintile. Participants in the highest quintile of energy-adjusted GL had a 10% higher risk (95% CI: 2%, 18%) of T2D. Participants who consumed a combination diet that was high in GI or GL and low in cereal fiber had an ~50% higher risk of T2D. In the updated meta-analysis, the summary RRs (95% CIs) comparing the highest with the lowest categories of GI and GL were 1.19 (1.14, 1.24) and 1.13 (1.08, 1.17), respectively.
conclusionThe updated analyses from our 3 cohorts and meta-analyses provide further evidence that higher dietary GI and GL are associated with increased risk of T2D.
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