Longitudinal association between eating frequency and hemoglobin A1c and serum lipids in diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study
Chao Li, Ralph B D'Agostino Jr, Dana Dabelea, Angela D Liese, Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis, Russell Pate, Anwar T Merchant, Chao Li, Ralph B D'Agostino Jr, Dana Dabelea, Angela D Liese, Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis, Russell Pate, Anwar T Merchant
Abstract
Background: Few studies have evaluated the prospective association of eating frequency with HbA1c levels and cardiovascular disease risk markers among youth with diabetes.
Objective: To examine the 5-year longitudinal association of eating frequency with HbA1c and serum lipid levels among youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Methods: One-thousand and forty-nine youth (≥10-year old) with incident T1D (n = 821) or T2D (n = 228) who participated in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study were included. Eating frequency (≤3, 4-5, or 6-10 times/d) measured at baseline and follow-up visits was related to HbA1c and serum lipid levels measured repeatedly over 5 years.
Results: Increased eating frequency was associated with larger increases in HbA1c among youth T1D. For example, for youth with T1D who ate ≤3 times/d at the outset and ate 6-10 times/d 5 years later, the longitudinal model predicted greater absolute increases in HbA1c (2.77%); whereas for youth with T1D who ate 6-10 times/d at the outset and ate ≤3 times/d 5 years later, the model predicted lesser absolute increases in HbA1c (1.33%). Eating frequency was not associated with changes in serum lipid levels among youth with T1D or T2D.
Conclusions: Youth with T1D who increased their eating frequency vs those who decreased it had larger increases in HbA1c over 5 years.
Keywords: diabetes; eating frequency; longitudinal analysis and nutrition; youth.
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Source: PubMed