Abstract
Aims: The study aims to determine the relationship between blood glucose level control
with a vegetarian diet and vegan lifestyle behavior in patients with T2DM.
Background: Diabetes prevalence escalates each year. Nutritional therapy is one of its management,
by choosing a suitable diet to maintain nutrient intake.
Methods: This was a case-control study including 46 patients with T2DM divided into 24 people
for the case group and 22 people for the control group selected using purposive sampling method.
Data was obtained using a general questionnaire; food intake with the SQFFQ; the 8-item Morisky
Scale questionnaire, to assess medication adherence; the IPAQ, to assess physical activity. Blood
sugar measurements were observed by measuring the respondents' fasting blood sugar in the last
six months. The data was then analyzed using Chi-square statistical test and logistic regression.
Results: The results indicate a relationship between a vegetarian diet and a vegan lifestyle behavior
that control blood sugar levels in patients with T2DM (P = 0.004). Diabetic patients on a nonvegetarian
diet had a six times greater risk of having uncontrolled blood sugar (OR = 6.476). A
significant relationship was found between a vegetarian diet and fasting blood sugar control based
on bivariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, fiber intake was most significant to blood glucose
control (OR=18.824; 95% CI 2.795-126.795).
Conclusion: Vegetarian diet affects blood sugar control in T2DM patients. The type of nutritional
intake needs to be more considered rather than the vegetarian diet in general, so that nutritional
therapy in diabetics can be started by increasing fiber intake.
Keywords:
Vegetarian diet, glucose control, diabetes, fiber intake, vitamin C, chronic kidney diseases .
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