title: High consumption of pulses is associated with lower risk of abnormal glucose metabolism in women in Mauritius.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate if consumption of pulses was associated with a reduced risk of developing abnormal glucose metabolism, increases in body weight and increases in waist circumference in a multi-ethnic cohort in Mauritius.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based surveys were performed in Mauritius in 1992 and in 1998. Pulse consumption was estimated from a food frequency questionnaire in 1992 and outcomes were measured in 1998. At both time points, anthropometry was undertaken and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mauritian women with the highest consumption of pulses (highest tertile) had a reduced risk of developing abnormal glucose metabolism [odds ratio 0.52; 95% CI 0.27, 0.99) compared with those with the lowest consumption, and also after multivariable adjustments. In women, a high consumption of pulses was associated with a smaller increase in BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High consumption of pulses was associated with a reduced risk of abnormal glucose metabolism and a smaller increase in BMI in Mauritian women. Promotion of pulse consumption could be an important dietary intervention for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes and obesity in Mauritius and should be examined in other populations and in clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: The Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wennberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Söderberg
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Uusitalo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuomilehto
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: P Z
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Zimmet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kowlessur
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pauvaday
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Magliano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008436:Mauritius / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose