@ARTICLE{Koohdani, author = {Ghaneh Basiri, Marjan and Sotodeh, Gity and Jalali, Mahmood and Eshraghian, Mohammad Reza and Noorshahi, Neda and Rafiee, Masoomeh and Nikbazm, Ronak and Karimi, Zeinab and Koohdani, Fariba and }, title = {Major dietary patterns and the risk of general and central obesity among type 2 diabetic patients}, volume = {21}, number = {125}, abstract ={ Introduction: Few studies have investigated the association between dietary patterns, general and central obesity in type 2 diabetic patients. The aim of this study is to determine this relation among type 2 diabetic patients living in Tehran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 728 patients with type 2 diabetes from the Tehran diabetes centers were participated. Usual dietary intake was assessed by using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) during the last year. General obesity was defined as a BMI ≤ 30 kg/m2 and central obesity was defined as waist circumference (WC) ≤ 88 in women and WC≤  102 in men. Factor analysis was used to identify major dietary patterns. The association between dietary patterns and different types of obesity were assessed by logistic regression analysis. Findings: Two maijor dietary patterns were identified: Healthy and Unhealthy dietary pattern. After adjustment for confounding variables, we observed a relative risk of 3.2 (OR=3.2, 95% CI=1.7-5.8) and 1.8 (OR=1.8, 95% CI=1.05-3) for general and central obesity when comparing the highest to lowest quintiles of the unhealthy dietary pattern, while subjects in the highest quintile of the healthy dietary pattern scores, had a 56% decreased risk of general obesity compared to those in the lowest (OR=0.44, 95% CI= 0.25-0.76). Conclusion: The result of this study indicate that healthy dietary pattern was inversly associated with a risk of general obesity and unhealthy dietary pattern was positively associated with general and central obesity risk.    }, URL = {http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3414-en.html}, eprint = {http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3414-en.pdf}, journal = {Razi Journal of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2014} }