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Een hoge GI-voeding verhoogt de kans op hart- en vaatziekten bij vrouwen met overgewicht

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Research Question:
A high Glycemic diet (GI Diet) may increase the chance of getting heart disease increase but whether the risk per sex or adiposity is different, is not convincing. The purpose of this review article was therefore to the associations between a glycemic load (GL)-and glycemic index (GI) diet and the risk of coronary heart disease.


High GI-food increases the chance of getting heart disease and it is found risk in women and men the same?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 8 prospective cohort studies with 220050 participants and 4826 patients with cardiovascular disease. The age ranged between 38-79 years and the intervention duration ranged between 6-25 years. There was no indication of publication bias.

Results and conclusions:
The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GL-nutrition for men by 1.08 [95% CI = 0.92-1.27]. In other words, men who ate a high GL-nutrition, ran non-significant 8% more chances of getting heart disease than men who ate a high GL-not food. Non-significant means no link.

The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GL-nutrition for women of 1.69 [95% CI = 1.32-2.16]. In other words, women who ate a high GL-nutrition, ran significantly 69% more chances of getting heart disease than women who ate a high GL-not food. Significant is, it can be said with 95% reliability that the increase of 69% was really due to eating a high GL-nutrition.

The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GL-nutrition for men and women together from 1.36 [95% CI = 1.13-1.99]. This pooled relative risk was significant because the relative risk of 1 was not in the 95% CI of 1.13-1.63.

The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GI-nutrition for men by 0.99 [95% CI = 0.84-1.16] see.

The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GI-nutrition for women of 1.26 [95% CI = 1.12-1.43] see.

The meta-analysis showed a pooled relative risk of the GI-nutrition for men and women together from 1.13 [95% CI = 1.00-1.28] see.

Limited evidence suggested an increased association with overweight and obesity.

The researchers concluded that high high GI-GL-nutrition and diet the chances of getting increased heart disease in women but not in men and this increased risk was more pronounced in obesity.

Original title:
Meta-Analysis of Dietary Glycemic Load and Glycemic Index in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease by Jia-Yi D, Yong-Hong Z, [...], Li-Qiang Q.

Link:
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0002-9149/PIIS0002914912006017.pdf

Additional information about El Mondo:
A high GI-power supply is a power supply with a GI number of 70 or higher.