Fruit consumption in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Adriana Oliveira de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Sarmento, Roberta Aguiar, Antônio, Juliana Peçanha, Almeida, Jussara Carnevale de, Nicoletto, Bruna Bellincanta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Clinical and Biomedical Research
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/113807
• topic: frutas; diabetes mellitus tipo 2; recomendações nutricionais.; Dietary intake

Introduction: The impact of fruit consumption on the health of patients with type 2diabetes mellitus (T2DM) warrants investigation. The aim of this study was to evaluatefruit consumption in patients with T2DM and to identify its association with glycemiccontrol parameters.Methods: We included 197 outpatients with T2DM who underwent clinical,sociodemographic, anthropometric, laboratory, and food consumption assessments.A food frequency questionnaire was used to assess total food intake and fruitconsumption. Patients with lower and higher fruit consumption (according to themedian) were compared.Results: Average fruit consumption was 593.66 ± 330.74 g/day. Blood glucose(169.42 ± 70.83 vs. 158.62 ± 64.56 mg/dL; p = 0.273) and glycated hemoglobin(8.39  ±  1.68% vs. 8.68 ± 2.38%; p = 0.319) levels did not differ between the lowerand higher fruit consumption groups, nor did the other variables. Patients with higherfruit consumption had a higher intake of energy (p < 0.001), carbohydrates (p < 0.001),and fibers (p = 0.006) but a lower intake of proteins (p = 0.015) and total and different