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Old April 9th, 2011, 06:09 AM   #1
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Default Are the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Associated With Reduced Risk of Type 2

OBJECTIVETo examine the prospective association between accordance with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and subsequent diabetes incidence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSThe sample consisted of 4,381 black and white young adults examined repeatedly from 1985 to 2005. We used the 2005 Diet Quality Index (DQI) to rate participants’ diets based on meeting key dietary recommendations conveyed by the 2005 DGA.
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Overall, we found no association between DQI score and diabetes risk using Cox models adjusted for potential confounders. Higher DQI scores were associated with favorable changes in HDL cholesterol and blood pressure overall (P for trend
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