TITLE:
Dietary Quality and Comorbidities of Adults at Medical Risk for Diabetes
AUTHORS:
Joan A. Vaccaro, Daniela Safina, Lauren Grunspan, Fatma G. Huffman
KEYWORDS:
Prediabetes; Dietary Quality; Hypercholesterolemia; Obesity; Hypertension
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.4 No.4,
April
3,
2014
ABSTRACT: Background and
aims: The current study evaluates following a special diet with diet quality
and comorbidities (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and obesity) in four
racial/ethnic groups diagnosed with prediabetes or “at risk for diabetes”. Methods
and results: This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from the National
Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.
Sample weights were used to achieve a representative sample. Data were available
for N = 2666 adults, aged ≥20 years (508 Mexican American, 294, Other Hispanic,
616 Black non-Hispanic, and 1248 White non-Hispanic) who were medically
diagnosed with either prediabetes or “at risk for diabetes”. Those reporting
following a special diet had greater odds of meeting saturated fat guidelines
(