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ArticleNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2015

Dietary contributors to glycemic load in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study.

James M Shikany, Suzanne E Judd, Abraham J Letter, Jamy D Ard, P K Newby

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Article in Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

James M ShikanyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: Jshikany@uabmc.edu.
Suzanne E JuddDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Abraham J LetterDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jamy D ArdDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
P K NewbyProgram in Gastronomy, Culinary Arts, and Wine Studies, Boston University and Program in Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USHarvard University · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

VCID and Stroke in a Bi-racial National CohortU01NS041588 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CUSHMAN, MARY, HOWARD, GEORGE · 2002 to 2022
$96.0M
University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Kirk Michael Habegger · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS041588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHigh dietary glycemic load (GL) has been associated with an increased risk for chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and selected cancers. The aim of this study was to identify the main food and food group contributors to dietary GL in a representative sample of US adults to inform future interventions.

methodsParticipants were from the REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study, a longitudinal cohort of 30 239 community-dwelling black and white women and men ages ≥45 y from throughout the United States. Diet was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire. The amount of each carbohydrate food, and its glycemic index, were used to calculate GL values for each carbohydrate food reported. These were totaled to estimate the mean total daily GL for each participant. Individual carbohydrate foods also were collapsed into 18 carbohydrate food groups, and the portion of the total GL contributed by each carbohydrate food and food group was determined. Analyses were conducted overall, by race/sex groups, and by region.

resultsSweetened beverages were the main contributors to GL overall (12.14 median percentage [median %] of daily GL), by far the largest contributors in black men (17.79 median %) and black women (16.43 median %), and major contributors in white men (12.02 median %) and white women (11.22 median %). Other important contributors to GL overall and in all race/sex groups and regions included breads, starchy side dishes, and cereals.

conclusionsIn this US cohort of white and black adults, sweetened beverages were major contributors to GL overall, especially in black participants. This information may help to inform future interventions targeting reduction in dietary GL.

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Glycemic IndexGlycemic LoadAgedAged, 80 and overBeveragesBreadCohort StudiesDietDietary CarbohydratesDiet SurveysEdible GrainFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedDietary CarbohydratesStarchDietary assessmentDietary carbohydratesFood frequency questionnaireGlycemic indexSweetened beverages

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