To the Editor:Diabetes,which is a rapidly growing global health concern,is prevalent in 12.4%of adults in China.[1]People with diabetes usually limit fruit intake to maintain blood glucose concentrations.However,there...To the Editor:Diabetes,which is a rapidly growing global health concern,is prevalent in 12.4%of adults in China.[1]People with diabetes usually limit fruit intake to maintain blood glucose concentrations.However,there has been limited research on the effect of the frequency of fresh fruit intake on the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with diabetes.This gap in knowledge extends to understanding the optimal level of fruit consumption for cardiovascular risk reduction and its variability across patient subgroups and event subtypes.We used a prospective cohort design to investigate the association between the frequency of fresh fruit intake and the risk of cardiovascular events,including ischemic heart disease and stroke,in patients with diabetes.We also examined potential differences in this relationship across various subgroups of individuals with diabetes.展开更多
基金supported by the Fujian Province Pilot Project(No.2020Y0060)the Fujian Provincial Health Youth Project(No.2020QNB017)the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Science(No.2021-I2M-1-011).
文摘To the Editor:Diabetes,which is a rapidly growing global health concern,is prevalent in 12.4%of adults in China.[1]People with diabetes usually limit fruit intake to maintain blood glucose concentrations.However,there has been limited research on the effect of the frequency of fresh fruit intake on the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with diabetes.This gap in knowledge extends to understanding the optimal level of fruit consumption for cardiovascular risk reduction and its variability across patient subgroups and event subtypes.We used a prospective cohort design to investigate the association between the frequency of fresh fruit intake and the risk of cardiovascular events,including ischemic heart disease and stroke,in patients with diabetes.We also examined potential differences in this relationship across various subgroups of individuals with diabetes.
