Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
High potato intake has been suggested as a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Does potato intake increase risk of type 2 diabetes?
Study design:
This review article included 6 prospective cohort studies with a total of 4,545,230 person-year of follow-up and 17,758 diabetes cases.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found for every increment of 1 serving/day of total potato consumption a significantly increased risk of 20% [HR = 1.20, 95% CI = 1.13 to 1.127, p 0.001, I2 = 27.1%, p for heterogeneity = 0.23] for type 2 diabetes both in men en women.
The investigators found for 2 servings/day of total potato consumption a significantly increased risk of 44% [HR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.28 to 1.63] for type 2 diabetes both in men en women.
The investigators found for 3 servings/day of total potato consumption a significantly increased risk of 74% [HR = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.45 to 2.09] for type 2 diabetes both in men en women.
The investigators found significant evidence of a non-linear association between total potato consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes [X2 = 17.5, p for linearity 0.001].
The investigators concluded that long-term high consumption of potato (each serving a day increase) is strongly associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. These findings suggest that diet-health policy may be of importance in the prevention of diabetes.
Original title:
Potato consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: A dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies by Bidel Z, Teymoori F, […], Nazarzadeh M.
Link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30144898
Additional information of El Mondo:
Find more information/studies on diabetes right here.
According to the USDA Dietary Guidelines a serving of potato is 1 cup diced, mashed or baked or 1 medium boiled potato.