Diabetic women who die of heart disease consume less saturated fat

This study was published in Diabetes Care 2003 Mar;26(3):619-24

Study title and authors:
Dietary fat predicts coronary heart disease events in subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Soinio M, Laakso M, Lehto S, Hakala P, Rönnemaa T.
Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. minna.soinio@tyks.fi

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610011

The aim of the study was to investigate whether dietary fat predicts coronary heart disease events in middle-aged type two diabetic subjects. In the study the dietary habits of 366 type two diabetic men and 295 women, aged 45-64 years and free from coronary heart disease, were assessed with a 53-item food frequency questionnaire. They were followed up for seven years.

The study found:
(a) Women who died of heart disease consumed 7.7% less fat compared to the other women in the study.
(b) Women who died of heart disease consumed 7.5% less saturated fat compared to the other women in the study.
(c) Men who died of heart disease consumed 1.7% less fat compared to the other men in the study.
(d) Men who died of heart disease consumed 0.5% less saturated fat compared to the other men in the study.