Association of dietary history and type 2 diabetes occurrence in patients visiting a tertiary care centre of Eastern Nepal

Shilpi Kumari; Dr.Ankita Sharma

Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Association of dietary history and type 2 diabetes occurrence in patients visiting a tertiary care centre of Eastern Nepal

Shilpi Kumari, Dr. Ankita Sharma

Abstract :

T Diabetes mellitus is not only associated with obesity but the quality and quantity of food intake may also take part in the causation of diabetes mellitus. The main aim of this studywas to determine the association between major dietary patterns and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among men and women visiting a tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal.Participants included 250 males and females with type 2 DM and 50persons as control group. Study participants were interviewed using astructured questionnaire to elicit a lifetime history of a variety oflifestyle factors. Standard diet questionnaire was also used to evaluatethe usual diet in cases. The results were statistically analyzed usingANOVA. Our findings showed that there was significantly lowerconsumption of fruit and vegetable groups and higher consumption ofmeat group in patients compared with control group(p<0.05) . Therewas no significant difference in consumption of dairy and cerealgroups among patients and control group. Our finding indicates thatlower consumption of fruit and vegetable and high intake ofmeat(specially red meat) had considerable role in type 2 diabetesdevelopment in patients visiting a tertiary care centre of eastern Nepal.