J Korean Diet Assoc.
2009 Feb;15(1):1-9.
A Comparative Study Assessing Metabolic Profile and Diet Quality in College Women According to Their Mother's Diabetes Mellitus
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. okcho1@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
- The objective of this study was to assess the metabolic profiles and diet quality in college women by their mother's diabetes mellitus status. The study subjects, all college women, were classified into two groups based on the their mother's diabetes mellitus status: the offspring group (OG) and the control group (CG). The OG exhibited significantly higher body mass indices (p<0.01), percentages of ideal body weight (p<0.05) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (p<0.05) values than the CG. Additionally, the OG showed significantly higher daily average intakes of total energy (p<0.05), fat (p<0.001), riboflavin (p<0.01) and calcium (0.01) than the CG. The indices of nutritional quality of protein (p<0.05) and Na (p<0.05) in the CG were significantly higher than those of the OG. However, we noted no significant differences in the mean adequacy ratio between the CG and OG. Overall, our results demonstrated that this factor appears to potentially be related to the subjects' mother's diabetes status. However, CG and OG were significantly different within normal range. Furthermore, nutrient adequacy indices in the CG were not assessed well in regard to energy, riboflavin, vitamin C, and calcium. Therefore, it appears that ideal body weight and diet quality should be controlled in order to prevent diabetes and diet-related problems, both in the CG and the OG.
