Title: Inverse Association between Organic Food Purchase and Diabetes Mellitus in US Adults.

Authors: Sun, Yangbo; Liu, Buyun; Du, Yang; Snetselaar, Linda G; Sun, Qi; Hu, Frank B; Bao, Wei

Published In Nutrients, (2018 Dec 03)

Abstract: The organic food market has grown rapidly worldwide in the past 15 years. However, evidence concerning the health effects of organic foods is scarce. We evaluated the cross-sectional association of organic food purchase, as a proxy of organic food consumption, with diabetes in a nationally representative population.We included 8199 participants aged ≥20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007⁻2008 and 2009⁻2010. Organic food purchase and frequency were ascertained by questionnaires. Diabetes was defined as a self-reported physician diagnosis or a hemoglobin A1c level ≥6.5% or both. We used logistic regression with sample weights to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).Individuals who reported purchasing organic foods were less likely to have diabetes compared to those who did not report organic food purchase. After adjustment for age, gender, race/ethnicity, family history of diabetes, socioeconomic status, and dietary and lifestyle factors, the OR of diabetes associated with organic food purchase was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68⁻0.93). The association remained significant after additional adjustment for BMI with OR of 0.80 (0.69⁻0.94).In a nationally representative population, frequent organic food purchase was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence in adults in the United States.

PubMed ID: 30513866

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