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Monounsaturated Fatty Acid, Carbohydrate Intake, And Diabetes Status Are Associated With Arterial Pulse Pressure, Joan Vaccaro, Fatma G. Huffman
Monounsaturated Fatty Acid, Carbohydrate Intake, And Diabetes Status Are Associated With Arterial Pulse Pressure, Joan Vaccaro, Fatma G. Huffman
Joan A. Vaccaro
Background
Diabetes is a global epidemic. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most prevalent consequences of diabetes. Nutrition is considered a modifiable risk factor for CVD, particularly for individuals with diabetes; albeit, there is little consensus on the role of carbohydrates, proteins and fats for arterial health for persons with or without diabetes. In this study, we examined the association of macronutrients with arterial pulse pressure (APP), a surrogate measure of arterial health by diabetes status and race.
Methods
Participants were 892 Mexican Americans (MA), 1059 Black, non-Hispanics (BNH) and 2473 White, non-Hispanics (WNH) with and without diabetes of …