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World J Diabetes. Jun 15, 2019; 10(6): 362-375
Published online Jun 15, 2019. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i6.362
Published online Jun 15, 2019. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i6.362
Prospective study of total and various types of vegetables and the risk of metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents
Somayeh Hosseinpour-Niazi, Bahar Bakhshi, Ekbal Betru, Mina Darand, Nutrition and Endocrine Research center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19395-4763, Iran
Parvin Mirmiran, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19395-4763, Iran
Fereidoun Azizi, Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19395-4763, Iran
Author contributions: Mirmiran P and Hosseinpour-Niazi S designed the study; Hosseinpour-Niazi S, Bakhshi B, and Betru E performed the research; Hosseinpour-Niazi S and Darand M analyzed the data; Hosseinpour-Niazi S wrote the paper; Mirmiran P and Aziz F revised the manuscript for final submission.
Supported by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran, No. 12508 .
Institutional review board statement: Study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences (RIES), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was acquired from participants prior to their inclusion in the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Parvin Mirmiran, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, No. 24, A’rabi St, Yeman Av, Velenjak, Tehran 19395-4763, Iran. mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir
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Received: March 12, 2019
Peer-review started: March 15, 2019
First decision: April 13, 2019
Revised: May 9, 2019
Accepted: May 14, 2019
Article in press: May 14, 2019
Published online: June 15, 2019
Processing time: 94 Days and 23.8 Hours
Peer-review started: March 15, 2019
First decision: April 13, 2019
Revised: May 9, 2019
Accepted: May 14, 2019
Article in press: May 14, 2019
Published online: June 15, 2019
Processing time: 94 Days and 23.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Data on the association between vegetable intake as an individual dietary component and metabolic syndrome (MetS) remain inconsistent. This inconsistency of findings may probably be due to a difference in the amounts and specific subgroups of vegetables in different studies. This prospective study of Iranian children and adolescents reported an inverse association between total vegetable consumption and MetS risk. Among vegetable subgroups, consumption of green leafy- and allium vegetables was inversely associated with risk of MetS after adjustment for the main potential confounders.