A South Asian Mediterranean‐style diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and lower diabetes risk: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) cohort
Authors' conclusion
A greater intake of a SAM diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and a lower likelihood of incident T2D.
Study context
- Population
- US South Asian individuals in the MASALA studybaseline
- Participants
- 891 individuals
- Exposure
- Higher vs lower adherence to a South Asian Mediterranean-style diet
- Outcome
- Cardiometabolic risk factors and incident T2D per 1-unit increase in SAM score
Methodological detailscross-sectional and prospective analyses
- Cross-sectional and prospective analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- HbA1c at baseline, per 1-unit increase in SAM score
- −0.43% ± 0.15%; p = 0.004
- Pericardial fat volume at baseline
- −1.22 ± 0.55 cm³ ; p = 0.03
- Obesity at baseline, OR
- 0.88 (0.79-0.98) (95% CI)
- Fatty liver at baseline, OR
- 0.82 (0.68-0.98) (95% CI)
- Incident T2D over ≈5 years, OR per 1-unit increase (95% CI); 25% lower odds
- 0.75 (0.59-0.95)
- Participants developing T2D over follow-up
- 45
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
A South Asian Mediterranean‐style diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and lower diabetes risk: The MASALA cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 19 May 2023. doi:10.
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