Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Treated Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women<subtitle>The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Lesley F. Tinker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.14.1500
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , weight loss , hazard ratio , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , type 2 diabetes , confidence interval , obesity , endocrinology , physics , optics
Decreased fat intake with weight loss and increased exercise may reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus in persons with impaired glucose tolerance. This study was undertaken to assess the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on incidence of treated diabetes among generally healthy postmenopausal women.
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