Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults

Yangbo Sun; Buyun Liu; Yang Du; Linda G Snetselaar; Qi Sun; Frank B Hu; Wei Bao

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Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults

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Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults

Yangbo Sun, Buyun Liu, Yang Du, Linda G Snetselaar, Qi Sun, Frank B Hu and Wei Bao

Nutrients, Vol.10(12), p.1877

12/03/2018

DOI: 10.3390/nu10121877

PMCID: PMC6316834

PMID: 30513866

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Abstract

The organic food market has grown rapidly worldwide in the past 15 years. However, evidence concerning the health effects of organic foods is scarce. We evaluated the cross-sectional association of organic food purchase, as a proxy of organic food consumption, with diabetes in a nationally representative population. We included 8199 participants aged ≥20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007⁻2008 and 2009⁻2010. Organic food purchase and frequency were ascertained by questionnaires. Diabetes was defined as a self-reported physician diagnosis or a hemoglobin A1c level ≥6.5% or both. We used logistic regression with sample weights to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Individuals who reported purchasing organic foods were less likely to have diabetes compared to those who did not report organic food purchase. After adjustment for age, gender, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes, socioeconomic status, and dietary and lifestyle factors, the OR of diabetes associated with organic food purchase was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68⁻0.93). The association remained significant after additional adjustment for BMI with OR of 0.80 (0.69⁻0.94). In a nationally representative population, frequent organic food purchase was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence in adults in the United States.

United States - epidemiology

Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control

Prevalence

Nutrition Surveys

Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology

Humans

Adult

Data Collection

Food, Organic - economics

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Title: Subtitle: Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults
Creators: Yangbo Sun - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. yangbo-sun@uiowa.edu
Buyun Liu - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. buyun-liu@uiowa.edu
Yang Du - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. yang-du-1@uiowa.edu
Linda G Snetselaar - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. linda-snetselaar@uiowa.edu
Qi Sun - Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. qisun@hsph.harvard.edu
Frank B Hu - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. fhu@hsph.harvard.edu
Wei Bao - Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. wei-bao@uiowa.edu
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Nutrients, Vol.10(12), p.1877
DOI: 10.3390/nu10121877
PMID: 30513866
PMCID: PMC6316834
NLM abbreviation: Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
eISSN: 2072-6643
Publisher: Switzerland
Grant note: P30 ES005605 / NIEHS NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 12/03/2018
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983995049902771

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