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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Sex-specific associations between diet quality and mortality in adults with diabetes: findings from NHANES 2001-2018.

Zhang Youqi, Yan Meng, Ji Liu, Wu Jianjun, Yang Fan

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Zhang Youqi *Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Yan Meng *Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Ji Liu *Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Wu JianjunDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Yang FanDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the impact of diet on cardiovascular (CV)/all-cause mortality among individuals with diabetes, and to explore whether this relationship changes by gender. Methods: We collected data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database pertaining to 5,875 individuals with diabetes (3,068 males and 2,807 females) and used the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), and the alternative Mediterranean Diet (aMED) index to assess diet quality. Multivariate Cox models were used to determine the association between dietary quality scores and CV/all-cause mortality, stratified by genders. Dose-response relationships were assessed using the Restricted Cubic Spline (RCS). As a secondary objective, a further analysis was conducted on the connection between CV/all-cause mortality and different dietary components. Results: During a median 9.25-year follow-up period, we observed 1,488 all-cause deaths, including 486 CV deaths. Sex-stratified analyses revealed that higher diet quality, as indicated by each standard deviation increase in the score, was significantly associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular mortality in males ( Conclusion: In the diabetic population, high dietary scores are significantly associated with lower CV/all-cause mortality in males but not in females.

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all-cause mortalitycardiovascular mortalitygender-specifichealthy eating indexmediterranean dietType 2 diabetes

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PMID40308643
PMCPMC12040670

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