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The Association of Dietary Choline and Betaine With the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

Diabetes care2020The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceno difference foundType 2 diabetes incidence

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “There was no statistically significant association between every 1-SD increase in dietary choline and risk of type 2 diabetes (hazard ratio [HR] 1.01 [95% CI 0.87, 1.16]) nor between dietary betaine intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes (HR 1.01 [0.94, 1.10]).”
    Study
    cohort
    Effect
    1.01 hazard ratio, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.16
    Dose studied
    dietary choline intake, per 1-SD increase
    Population
    Adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, free of diabetes at baseline; whole cohort, per 1-SD increase in dietary choline intake

Study record

Design
cohort study
Species
human
Population
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study participants
Participants
13,440
Comparator
observational
Duration
3,287 days
Endpoints measured
7