TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of low-calorie sweetener intake in South Asian adults
AU - Jin, Yichen
AU - Sylvetsky, Allison C.
AU - Kandula, Namratha R.
AU - Kanaya, Alka M.
AU - Talegawkar, Sameera A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The MASALA study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant number 1R01-HL-093009) and body composition measurements were supported by grant K24HL112827. Data collection at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) was also supported by NIH/NCRR UCSF-CTSI (grant number UL1 RR024131).
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© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Background: Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) has increased in the US and is associated with cardiometabolic risk. No data exist on LCS consumption in South Asians. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of LCS use across socio-demographic characteristics, chronic disease status, and cardiometabolic risk factors. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using data from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study (N = 892; 47% women; mean age = 55 (standard deviation = 9.4) y). Chi-squared and ANOVA tests were used to compare LCS consumption across socio-demographic characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors. Results: Twenty-two percent of participants reported LCS use, with higher consumption among men and those with longer residency in the US. LCS use was associated with adiposity and higher odds of hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Conclusions: LCS use is prevalent among South Asians, emphasizing the need for long-term, prospective studies to investigate its role in incident cardiometabolic risk in an already metabolically vulnerable population.
AB - Background: Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) has increased in the US and is associated with cardiometabolic risk. No data exist on LCS consumption in South Asians. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of LCS use across socio-demographic characteristics, chronic disease status, and cardiometabolic risk factors. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using data from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study (N = 892; 47% women; mean age = 55 (standard deviation = 9.4) y). Chi-squared and ANOVA tests were used to compare LCS consumption across socio-demographic characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors. Results: Twenty-two percent of participants reported LCS use, with higher consumption among men and those with longer residency in the US. LCS use was associated with adiposity and higher odds of hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Conclusions: LCS use is prevalent among South Asians, emphasizing the need for long-term, prospective studies to investigate its role in incident cardiometabolic risk in an already metabolically vulnerable population.
KW - Adiposity
KW - Low-calorie sweetener
KW - Metabolic risk
KW - Non-nutritive sweetener
KW - South Asian
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U2 - 10.1177/0260106018792409
DO - 10.1177/0260106018792409
M3 - Article
C2 - 30099940
AN - SCOPUS:85052557211
SN - 0260-1060
VL - 24
SP - 203
EP - 209
JO - Nutrition and Health
JF - Nutrition and Health
IS - 4
ER -
