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Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Relation to Measures of Body Weight
Author(s) -
Augustin Livia Silvia,
Gallus Silvano,
Comini Eugenia,
Kendall Cyril WC,
Jenkins David JA,
Talamini Renato,
Franceschi Silvia,
La Vecchia Carlo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.lb88
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , glycemic load , quartile , glycemic index , waist , glycemic , confounding , odds ratio , overweight , waist–hip ratio , population , gastroenterology , confidence interval , insulin , environmental health
The role of dietary carbohydrates in body weight control is still controversial. We investigated the relationship of the dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) on body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC) in a cross‐sectional analysis of 4,721 hospital controls from a cancer case‐control series (Italy, 1991–2002). After allowance for confounding variables the odds ratios for the highest versus the lowest quartile of GI and GL were: 0.65 (95% CI: 0.54–0.78) and 0.85 (95% CI: 0.71–1.02) for BMI>=25, 0.67 (95% CI: 0.51–0.89) and 0.69 (95% CI: 0.52–0.92) for BMI>=30, 0.78 (95% CI: 0.64–0.95) and 0.84 (95% CI: 0.69–1.04) for higher WHR, and 0.69 (95% CI: 0.50–0.94) and 0.70 (95% CI: 0.47–1.03) for higher WC. In conclusion GI and GL were not directly related to measures of body weight in this Mediterranean population.