Cabbages and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Data about cabbages was provided by 1 cohort. A significant protective effect against type 2 diabetes risk was found among non-obese women.
Data about cabbages was provided by 1 cohort. A significant protective effect against type 2 diabetes risk was found among non-obese women.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 3) Colditz GA (1992) | The Nurses' Health Study | 84,360 women aged 34-59. (USA) | 6 (1980-86) | 702? | NIDDM incidence (report of one of the following: 1) at least one classical symptom (weight loss, hunger, thirst, polyuria, or pruritis) plus a plasma fasting glucose concentration ≥ 7.77 mmol/L or a random plasma glucose ≥ 11.10 mmol/L, or 2) at least two elevated plasma glucose concentrations ≥ 11.10 mmol/L in the absence of symptoms.) | Cabbage | Among women with a BMI < 29 [n = 252? cases]: A significant inverse association (no data shown). | BMI, alcohol intake, energy intake, and prior weight change. |