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ArticleWorld journal of diabetes2021

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and advanced glycation endproducts in patients with diabetes.

Marko Grahovac, Marko Kumric, Marino Vilovic, Dinko Martinovic, Ante Kreso, Tina Ticinovic Kurir, Josip Vrdoljak, Karlo Prizmic, Joško Božić

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Article in World journal of diabetes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marko GrahovacDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Marko KumricDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Marino VilovicDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Dinko MartinovicDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Ante KresoDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Tina Ticinovic KurirDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Josip VrdoljakDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Karlo PrizmicDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia.
Joško BožićDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split 21000, Croatia. jbozic@mefst.hr.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn recent years, American Diabetes Association started to strongly advocate the Mediterranean diet (MD) over other diets in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) because of its beneficial effects on glycemic control and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Tissue levels of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) emerged as an indicator of CV risk in DM. Skin biopsy being invasive, the use of AGE Reader has been shown to reflect tissue AGEs reliably.

aimTo examine the association between adherence to MD and AGEs in patients with DM type II.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 273 patients with DM type II. A survey questionnaire was composed of 3 separate sections. The first part of the questionnaire included general data and the habits of the participants. The second part aimed to assess the basic parameters of participants' diseases and associated conditions. The third part of the questionnaire was the Croatian version of the 14-item MD service score (MDSS). AGEs levels and associated CV risk were measured using AGE Reader (DiagnOptics Technologies BV, Groningen, The Netherlands).

resultsA total of 27 (9.9%) patients fulfilled criteria for adherence to MD, with a median score of 8.0 (6.0-10.0). Patients with none/limited CV risk had significantly higher percentage of MD adherence in comparison to patients with increased/definite CV risk (15.2%

conclusionAlthough adherence to MD was very low among people with diabetes, we demonstrated that adherence to MD is greater in patients with lower CV risk, longer disease duration, and well-controlled glycaemia.

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Advanced glycation endproductsAtherosclerosisCardiovascular diseaseDiabetes mellitusDietary habitsMediterranean diet

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PMID34888018
PMCPMC8613665
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