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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 897-904Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02294-1
Keywords
Soy; Isoflavone; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Cohort study; Prevention
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- Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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This study found that higher intakes of miso soup and natto before and during early pregnancy were associated with a lower incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus. However, the association for tofu intake appeared to be nonlinear.
Background Intervention studies have shown that isoflavone treatment improved glucose metabolism, indicating that soy intake may have a potential role in diabetes prevention. Objectives We aimed to investigate the prospective association of soy isoflavone and soy food intakes with incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a birth cohort study. Methods We recruited 97,454 pregnant women (median gestational age 12 weeks) between January 2011 and March 2014. Dietary intakes during the 12 months preceding study enrollment were assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. The relative risks of GDM associated with soy isoflavone and soy food intakes were obtained by Poisson regression. Demographic information, histories of diseases, socioeconomic status, lifestyles, and dietary habits, obtained by a self-administrated questionnaire, were used for covariate adjustments. Results We identified 1904 cases of GDM (2.2%) among 84,948 women. Compared with those in the lowest quintile of soy isoflavone intake, women in the highest quintile were found to have experienced a significantly lower risk of GDM (multivariate relative risk = 0.82; 95% confidence interval: 0.70, 0.95; P for trend = 0.05). Similar results were observed for genistein and daidzein. Regarding soy foods, intakes of miso soup and natto were inversely associated with GDM incidence (both P for trend <= 0.01), whereas the association for tofu intake appeared to be nonlinear (P for trend = 0.74). Conclusions Higher intakes of miso soup and natto before and during early pregnancy, compared with lower intakes, may be associated with a lower incidence of GDM.
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