- Title
- The protective effect of muesli consumption on diabetes risk: results from 12 years of follow-up in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
- Creator
- Quatela, Angelica; Callister, Robin; Patterson, Amanda J.; McEvoy, Mark; MacDonald-Wicks, Lesley K.
- Relation
- Nutrition Research Vol. 51, Issue March 2018, p. 12-20
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2017.12.007
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Diabetes affects 9.8% of Australian women. Breakfast cereal consumption is potentially protective against diabetes. This study investigated the effects of breakfast cereal consumption on the 12-year risk of developing diabetes among mid-aged participants of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health (ALSWH). It was hypothesized that any breakfast cereal and higher-fiber breakfast cereals would be protective against the risk of developing diabetes. Data from Survey 3 (S3) to Survey 7 (S7) inclusive, from the 1946-51 ALSWH cohort were analyzed. Dietary data were obtained at S3 and the outcome was incident diabetes between S4-S7. Women were excluded if: they reported existing diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance at S3; dietary data were incomplete; or daily energy intake was < 4,500 or > 20,000 kJ. Logistic regression with discrete time survival analyses investigated the association between breakfast cereal intake and incident diabetes. Models were adjusted for income, BMI, smoking, physical activity, education, and dietary intakes and included a measure of time. There were 637 incident cases of diabetes. Breakfast cereal intake per se was not associated with incident diabetes (OR: 1.00; P =.98). Muesli consumption on its own (OR: 0.74; P =.00) or as a part of oats-based cereal (OR: 0.84; P =.047) was significantly associated with a decrease in the odds of developing diabetes. No other breakfast cereals were significantly associated with diabetes risk. Among mid-aged Australian women, muesli consumption was associated with a reduction in diabetes risk. This effect may be due to a particular profile of muesli eaters, but the relationship warrants further investigation.
- Subject
- breakfast; edible grain; diabetes mellitus; risk; longitudinal studies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1401593
- Identifier
- uon:34931
- Identifier
- ISSN:0271-5317
- Rights
- © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Language
- eng
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