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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ha, Nguyen Thanh
• Phuong, Nguyen Thi
• Ha, Le Thi Thu

Titel

How dietary intake of type 2 diabetes mellitus outpatients affects their fasting blood glucose levels?

Ist Teil von

• AIMS public health, 2019-01, Vol.6 (4), p.424-436

Ort / Verlag

United States: AIMS Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The study aims to explore the association between the adherence to dietary recommendations among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with their fasting blood glucose levels. This is a cross-sectional anthropometric and dietary study conducted on 169 T2DM patients receiving outpatient treatment at the Central Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital in Thanh Hoa provincial hospital in Vietnam in 2018. The rate of patients who had good fasting glycemic control was still low (30.8%). Their diets were poor in energy and unbalanced; the contribution of carbohydrates to the total dietary intake was high (68.2%), and only 24.9% of patients consumed 4-6 meals/day. There was a statistically significant association between the dietary intake with carbohydrate dietary intake containing ≥60% carbohydrate and the number of meals per day (<4 meals) with their fasting blood glucose levels (OR = 4.964, p < 0.05 and OR = 16.508; p < 0.01, respectively). Hospital staff are advised to combine treatment with dietary counseling to help patients controlling their weights and glycemic levels more efficient, thereby contributing to improving their treatment outcomes.