Associations of Total Legume, Pulse, and Soy Consumption with Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Federated Meta-Analysis of 27 Studies from Diverse World Regions
Publication: The Journal of Nutrition
Pearce, M., Fanidi, A., Bishop, T., Sharp, S., Imamura, F., Dietrich, S., Akbaraly, T., Bes-Rastrollo, M., Beulens, J., Byberg, L., Canhada, S., Molina, M., Chen, Z., Cortes-Valencia, A., Du, H., Duncan, B., Härkänen, T., Hashemian, M., Kim, J., Kim, M., Kim, Y., Knekt, P., Kromhout, D., Lassale, C., Ridaura, R., Magliano, D., Malekzadeh, R., Marques-Vidal, P., Martínez-González, M., O’Donoghue, G., O’Gorman, D., Shaw, J., Soedamah-Muthu, S., Stern, D., Wolk, A., Woo, H., Wareham, N. and Forouhi, N.
9 March 2021
The consumption of legumes is promoted as part of a healthy diet in many countries but associations of total and types of legume consumption with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are not well established. Analyses across diverse populations are lacking despite the availability of unpublished legume consumption data in prospective cohort studies.
In this study the researchers examined the prospective associations of total and types of legume intake with the risk of incident T2D.
Meta-analyses of associations between total legume, pulse, and soy consumption and T2D were conducted, using data from 807,785 adults without diabetes in 27 cohorts across the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, and Western Pacific.
The findings suggest no evidence of an association of legume intakes with T2D in several world regions. The positive association observed in some European studies warrants further investigation relating to overall dietary contexts in which legumes are consumed, including accompanying foods which may be positively associated with T2D.
