Fresh fruit consumption in relation to incident diabetes and diabetic vascular complications: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank Study

Publication date: November 2016 Source:The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Volume 4, Supplement 1 Author(s): Huaidong Du, Liming Li, Derrick Bennett, Yu Guo, Iain Turnbull, Ling Yang, Fiona Bragg, Zheng Bian, Yiping Chen, Junshi Chen, Iona Millwood, Sam Sansome, Liangcai Ma, Ying Huang, Ningmei Zhang, Xiangyang Zheng, Qiang Sun, Timothy J Key, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Zhengming Chen Background Although fresh fruit consumption has well recognised health benefits, substantial uncertainties remain about its potential effects on incident diabetes and, among those with diabetes, the risks of death and vascular complications. We aimed to assess the associations of fresh fruit consumption with the risk of incident diabetes and diabetic vascular complications. Methods The China Kadoorie Biobank Study is a prospective cohort study with 512 891 Chinese adults aged 30–79 (mean 51·5, SD 10·7) years recruited from ten diverse localities across China between June 25, 2004, and July 15, 2008. At baseline and during the two subsequent resurveys (conducted from June to October, 2008, and from August, 2013, to September, 2014), data on fresh fruit consumption were collected with interviewer-administered electronic questionnaires. Deaths and information on hospital admissions were collected through linkages with death and disease registries and national health insurance claim databases. For each disease endpoint (including incident diabetes and, among b...
Source: The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research