Association between legume intake and self-reported diabetes among adult men and women in India
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BACKGROUND: It is postulated that a diet high in legumes may be beneficial in preventing diabetes. However, little empirical evidence on this association exists in developing countries. We aimed to examine the association between legume intake and self-reported diabetes status in adult men and women in India. METHODS: The analysis is based on a population-based cross sectional study of 99,574 women and 56,742 men aged 20-49 years included in India's third National Family Health Survey conducted in 2005-06. Association of legume intake, determined by the frequency of consumption of pulses and beans (daily, weekly and occasionally or never), with the reported prevalence of diabetes were estimated using multiple logistic regression after adjusting for frequency of consumption of other food items, BMI status, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, watching television, age, education, living standard of the household, residence and geographic regions. RESULTS: Daily (OR: 0.71; 95% CI: 0.59-0.87; p=0.001) and weekly (OR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.54-0.80; p<0.001) legumes intake were associated with a significantly reduced prevalence of diabetes among adult Indian women even after controlling for the effects of potentially confounding factors, whereas non-significant inverse associations were observed in men. CONCLUSION: Daily or weekly intake of legumes was inversely associated with presence of diabetes in the Indian population. However, this is an observational finding and uncontrolled confounding cannot be excluded as an explanation for the association. More epidemiological research with better measures of legumes intake and clinical measures of diabetes is needed to clarify this relationship.
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In a cross-sectional study in India, women consuming legumes once/day were less likely to have T2DM (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.34-0.88).
“A population-based cross-sectional study in India found that women consuming legumes once/day were less likely to develop T2DM (OR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.34–0.88; n=99,574).”
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In the same study, a similar but non-significant trend was observed in men (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.39-1.26).
“A similar but non-significant trend was observed in men (OR: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.39–1.26; n=56,742) (236).”
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- Authors
- Agrawal, S., & Ebrahim, S.
- Affiliations
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Agrawal, Sutapa
- Venue
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2013-08-02
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 706-706
- ISSN
- 1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3735389
- OpenAlex
- W2132693476
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 2.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (084674, Z/041825)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food composition and properties
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- legume consumption, diabetes prevalence, dietary factors, sex differences, Indian adults, diabetes prevention, National Family Health Survey
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet, Female, Humans, India, Fabaceae, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Time Factors, Body Mass Index, Prevalence, Sex Distribution, Young Adult, Self Report
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