ArticleNutrition research and practice2018
Egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and older men.
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- Relationship between Egg Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2022Pooled it
- Egg consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: findings from 3 large US cohort studies of men and women and a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Protein Consumption and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: ADose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Consumption of Different Egg-Based Diets Alters Clinical Metabolic and Hematological Parameters in Young, Healthy Men and Women.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Egg intake in relation to metabolic health status, serum brain derived neurotrophic factor, and adropin levels in Iranian adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Egg Intake Is Associated with Lower Risks of Impaired Fasting Glucose and High Blood Pressure in Framingham Offspring Study Adults.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Association of plant-based diet and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese rural adults: The Henan Rural Cohort Study.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2021Article
- Eggs, dietary cholesterol, choline, betaine, and diabetes risk in the Women's Health Initiative: a prospective analysis.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Nutritional Viewpoints on Eggs and Cholesterol.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Association between Different Types of Plant-Based Diets and Risk of Dyslipidemia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- A practical solution to improve the nutritional balance of Korean dine-out menus using linear programming.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Mechanism and Potential of Egg Consumption and Egg Bioactive Components on Type-2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2019Review
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Abstract
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objectivesThis prospective study examined gender-specific associations between egg intake and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes using data from a large-scale cohort study. SUBJECTS/
methodsA total of 7,002 Korean adults (40-69 years) without type 2 diabetes at baseline were analyzed. Dietary intake was evaluated by a food frequency questionnaire administered at baseline (2001-2002) and the second follow-up examination (2005-2006). Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed as a fasting glucose concentration ≥ 126 mg/dL or current use of glucose-lowering medications or insulin injection. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident type 2 diabetes according to egg consumption or cholesterol intake.
resultsDuring a 14-year follow up period, 857 subjects developed type 2 diabetes. In men, frequent egg intake (2- < 4 servings/week) was associated with a 40% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than infrequent egg intake (0- < 1 serving/week) (HR = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.37-0.97), whereas no association between egg intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes was observed in women (HR = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.27-1.37). There was no association between cholesterol intake and risk of incident type 2 diabetes in either men or women.
conclusionsEgg consumption was inversely related to the risk of incident type 2 diabetes in men, but not in women, suggesting gender differences in the relationship between diet and disease risk.
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