Relationship between Food Security with Sugar Level and Blood Pressure in Diabetes Type 2 in Tehran.
BACKGROUND
Food security has been defined as the "availability, stability, access and utilization of safe foods". Diabetes has been known as one of the biggest health and medical problems throughout the world and is clearly related to lifestyle, and particularly, improper food consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between food security with sugar and blood pressure in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes who refer to diabetes centers in Tehran.


METHODS
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 on type 2 diabetes patients in Tehran, Iran. From two diabetes centers in the eastern and southern parts of Tehran, 243 type 2 diabetes patients were selected. Necessary information (demographic and food security information) about all the studied persons was collected using the standard questionnaire verified by US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The data was analyzed by SPSS version 16, statistical comparisons were made using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square and Tukey tests and a significant level of <0.05.


RESULTS
Most subjects were female (68.7%). There was no significant relationship between gender and food security (p=0.372). No significant relation was observed between food security and fasting blood pressure, HbA1C, and systolic blood pressure (p>0.05), but there was a significant relationship between food security and diastolic blood pressure (p= 0.030).


CONCLUSIONS
According to the relationship between diastolic blood pressure and food security and the role of blood pressure in the irreparable diabetic complications, it is recommended to perform appropriate food advice.
M.Sc. of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Seyed Amir Hossein Zehni
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Moghadam
Ph.D. of Nutrition, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; Ph.D. of Nutrition, Associate Professor, Children Growth Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Maryam
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Javadi
Ph.D. of Epidemiology, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, National Public Health Management Center (NPMC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Asghar
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Mohammadpooral
Blood Glucose; Blood pressure; Food security; Type 2 diabetes