ArticleNutrition & diabetes2024
Association of ultra-processed food consumption with cardiovascular risk factors among patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus.
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- App-Based Digital Therapeutics Integrating Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Observational Cohort Study.JMIR diabetes · 2026Article
- Ultra-processed food consumption and its association with the atherogenic index of plasma and blood lipid profile in adults: a cohort-based cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dietary Patterns Influence Chronic Disease Risk and Health Outcomes in Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Processed Food Consumption Based on the NOVA Classification Is Associated With Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk in Turkish Adults.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Ultra-processed foods and coronary artery disease severity: a cross-sectional study of at-risk normal-weight and overweight patients undergoing elective angiography.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Macrophages: their role in immunity and their relationship with fatty acids in health and disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundUltra-processed foods mainly have high energy content and density and low nutrients. Unhealthy lifestyles mainly develop cardiovascular diseases and, as a result, unhealthy food patterns.
objectiveThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and the risk of novel cardiovascular disease (CVDs) in type-2 diabetes mellitus patients (T2DM).
methodThis is a cross-sectional study that was conducted on 490 type-2 diabetes mellitus patients. A validated 168-item food frequency questionnaire evaluated food intake. Ultra-processed foods were assessed according to NOVA classification. Cardiovascular risk factors such as Castelli risk index 1 and 2 (CRI-I and II), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), lipid accumulation product (LAP), and cholesterol index (CI) were assessed by traditional CVD risk factors. The anthropometric indices predicting CVD, such as a body shape index (ABSI), body roundness index (BRI), and abdominal volume index (AVI), were assessed.
resultsEach 20-gram increase in UPF consumption was associated with a significant elevation in serum level of TC [B (SE): 1.214 (0.537); 95% CI: 0.159-2.269] and lower HDL serum concentration [B (SE): -0.371 (0.155); 95% CI: -0.675 to -0.067]. The crude model for CRI 1 [B (SE): 0.032 (0.012); 95% CI: 0.009-0.056], CRI 2 [B (SE): 0.022 (0.009); 95% CI: 0.004-0.040], and AIP [B (SE): 0.006 (0.003); 95% CI: 0.000-0.012] showed significant adverse effects.
conclusionsOur study showed that higher consumption of UPFs is associated with higher chances of developing cardiovascular diseases in T2DM patients.
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