Impact of Dietary Pattern on Glycemic Level Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Farah Habib^1*, Anisa.M.Durrani²

Home Science Department, AMU, Aligarh.

Corresponding Author Email: farahharis85@gmail.com

Diabetes is a lifelong progressive disease. Compliance to a healthy eating pattern is the corner-stone to maintain or reduce body weight and achieve good glycemic control (HbA1c 7%) which can delay and prevent diabetes related complications. The purpose of the present study is to find the relation between dietary pattern and glycemic level among type 2 diabetic patients. The information was gathered through 9 items dietary compliance questionnaire and 24-hour dietary recall method, and the glycemic level was measured by glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Type 2 diabetic patients aged 30-60 years, with no comorbidity and minimum of six months duration of diabetes from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College were selected. The hierarchical regression analysis showed that dietary compliance 12.6% significantly predicted HbA1c (Δ R2= .126, F Change= 28.48, β= -.400, p .001). Only 43.5% of patients always followed the dietary regimen and 48.5% of patients usually followed it with HbA1c level of 7% to 7.3% respectively. It was concluded from the results that compliance to a dietary regimen was inversely related to the glycemic level of the patients.

Compliance; Diabetes; Dietary pattern; Glycemic level; HbA1c.

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