Frequent salad vegetable consumption is associated with a reduction in the risk of diabetes mellitus

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-335

  Williams, Desmond E M ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Cox, Brian D ^b   Byrne, Christopher D ^a   Nicholas Hales, C ^a   Day, Nicholas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Human and epidemiology; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM); Questionnaire; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0033120102     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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