Publications by authors named "Ruohua Gu"
Aims: To explore the dose-response relationship of fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake and type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in rural China.
Methods: A total of 38798 adults were recruited from the Henan Rural Cohort Study. F&V intake was assessed by a validated food-frequency questionnaire.
Studies on intestinal microbiota in Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are scarce and correlation studies with dietary intake are lacking. The case-control study included 150 participants (74 T2DM patients and 76 controls) and microbiome analysis was performed using 16S rDNA sequencing. Principal component analysis was used to determine dietary patterns and correlation analysis was used to evaluate the associations between microbiota diversity, T2DM indicators and dietary variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine the association between dietary protein intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among a Chinese rural elderly population. We used the demographic and dietary information of adults over age 65 in the Henan Rural Cohort Study to identify and pair 950 T2DM patients with healthy controls in a 1 : 1 matched case-control study. Dietary data was collected through a Food Frequency Questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims/introduction: Studies have found that a plant-based diet was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, but evidence is scarce on such associations in China. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a plant-based diet is related to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults.
Materials And Methods: A total of 37,985 participants were enrolled from the Henan Rural Cohort Study.