title: Processed and unprocessed red meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes among French women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relation of processed and unprocessed red meat and incident type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a prospective study among 66,118 disease-free French women with dietary information from a validated questionnaire. Between 1993 and 2007, we identified 1,369 cases of incident diabetes. Multivariate analyses were adjusted for age, education, region, smoking, BMI, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, physical activity, parental history of diabetes, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, alcohol, calories, n-3 fatty acids, carbohydrates, coffee, fiber, and fruits and vegetables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparing the highest category of processed meat intake, ≥5 servings/week (median, 48 g/day), to the lowest, <1 serving/week (median, 5 g/day), processed meat was significantly associated with incident diabetes (hazard ratio 1.30 [95% CI 1.07-1.59], P trend = 0.0007; for 1 serving/day, 1.29 [1.14-1.45]). Unprocessed red meat was not associated with diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this large prospective cohort of French women, a direct association was observed only for processed red meat and type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. mlajous@hsph.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lajous
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tondeur
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fagherazzi
authors.forename: Blandine
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Lauzon-Guillain
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Boutron-Ruaualt
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Clavel-Chapelon
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008460:Meat; D008461:Meat Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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