Open AccessNut consumption and risk of type II diabetes in the Physicians’ Health Study
Author(s) -
Jinesh Kochar,
J. Michael Gaziano,
Luc Djoussé
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1476-5640
pISSN - 0954-3007
DOI - 10.1038/ejcn.2009.121
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , nut , hazard ratio , confounding , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , relative risk , demography , cohort study , proportional hazards model , type 2 diabetes , lower risk , incidence (geometry) , body mass index , endocrinology , mathematics , geometry , structural engineering , sociology , engineering
While type II diabetes (DM) is a major cause of morbidity in the United States, limited data are available on the association between nut intake and incident DM. We sought to examine the association between nut consumption and the risk of DM.