Indices of dietary fat quality during midpregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes.

Journal: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
PMID: 26876000

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the usual intake of fatty acids and indices of dietary fat quality [the atherogenicity (AI) and thrombogenicity indices (TI), and the ratios of hypo-and hypercholesterolemic (hH), ∑n-3/∑n-6, and polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids (P:S)], during mid-pregnancy.

Authors

  • Patrícia Barbieiri
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  • Juliana C Nunes
    Department of Food Technology, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Alexandre G Torres
    Laboratory of Food Science and Nutritional Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Renata Y Nishimura
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  • Daniela C C Zuccolotto
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  • Lívia C Crivellenti
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  • Laércio J Franco
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Department of Social Medicine, FMRP, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  • Daniela S Sartorelli
    Graduate Program in Community Health, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Department of Social Medicine, FMRP, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: daniss@fmrp.usp.br.

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