Is there a dose-response relation of dietary glycemic load to risk of type 2 diabetes? Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 584-596

  Livesey, Geoffrey ^a   Taylor, Richard ^b   Livesey, Helen ^a   Liu, Simin ^c  

^a Independent Nutrition Logic   (United Kingdom)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874340580     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.041467     Document Type: Article

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