Funded in part by American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center
Egg Intake Has No Adverse Association With Blood Lipids Or Glucose In Adolescent Girls
Mott MM, McCrory MA, Bandini LG, Cabral HJ, Daniels SR, Singer MR, Moore LL
Journal of the American College of Nutrition · 2 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food diaries or recalls
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Industry funded
- Government
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Government
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Government
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Industry group
- American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center
- Government
- NIDDK NIH HHS
- Grants
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21 DK075068)
Based on 5 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2018-10-03 · J Am Coll Nutr · vol. 38 · issue 2 · pp. 119–124
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Cited
- 5 citations · more than 63% of similar papers · 0.2× the field average
- References
- 29 works
- Access
- Open access (repository copy)
- Research areas
- Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Keywords
- Blood lipids, Medicine, Adverse effect, Food science, Physiology, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Biology, Cholesterol
- MeSH
- humans, insulin resistance, blood glucose, lipids, diet, longitudinal studies, eating, eggs, adolescent, child, female
7 authors
From US
- Melanie M. MottBoston University
- Megan A. McCroryBoston University
- Linda G. BandiniBoston University; University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School; Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
- Howard CabralBoston University
- Stephen R. DanielsChildren's Hospital Colorado; University of Colorado Denver
- Martha R. SingerBoston University
Abstract
Objective
Longitudinal data on cardiometabolic effects of egg intake during adolescence are lacking. The current analyses aim to evaluate the impact of usual adolescent egg consumption on lipid levels, fasting glucose, and insulin resistance during late adolescence (age 17-20 years).
Methods
Data from 1392 girls, aged 9 to 10 at baseline and followed for 10 years, in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's National Growth and Health Study were used to examine the association between usual egg intake alone and in combination with other healthy lifestyle factors and late adolescent lipid levels, fasting glucose, and insulin resistance, measured as homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Diet was assessed using 3-day food records during eight examination cycles. Girls were classified according to usual weekly egg intake, ages 9-17 years: <1 egg/wk (n = 361), 1 to <3 eggs/wk (n = 703), and ≥3 eggs/wk (n = 328). Analysis of covariance modeling was used to control for confounding by other behavioral and biological risk factors.
Results
Girls with low, moderate, and high egg intakes had adjusted low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels of 99.7, 98.8, and 95.5 mg/dL, respectively (p = 0.0778). In combination with higher intakes of fiber, dairy, or fruits and vegetables, these beneficial effects were stronger and statistically significant. There was no evidence that ≥3 eggs/wk had an adverse effect on lipids, glucose, or HOMA-IR. More active girls who consumed ≥3 eggs/wk had the lowest levels of insulin resistance.
Conclusion
These results suggest that eggs may be included as part of a healthy adolescent diet without adverse effects on glucose, lipid levels, or insulin resistance.
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