PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Azadbakht, Leila
AU  - Fard, Nafiseh Rashidi Pour
AU  - Karimi, Majid
AU  - Baghaei, Mohammad Hassan
AU  - Surkan, Pamela J.
AU  - Rahimi, Majid
AU  - Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad
AU  - Willett, Walter C.
TI  - Effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Eating Plan on Cardiovascular Risks Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients
AID  - 10.2337/dc10-0676
DP  - 2011 Jan 01
TA  - Diabetes Care
PG  - 55--57
VI  - 34
IP  - 1
4099  - http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/1/55.short
4100  - http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/1/55.full
SO  - Diabetes Care2011 Jan 01; 34
AB  - OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern on cardiometabolic risks in type 2 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A randomized crossover clinical trial was undertaken in 31 type 2 diabetic patients. For 8 weeks, participants were randomly assigned to a control diet or the DASH eating pattern. RESULTS After following the DASH eating pattern, body weight (P = 0.007) and waist circumference (P = 0.002) reduced significantly. Fasting blood glucose levels and A1C decreased after adoption of the DASH diet (−29.4 ± 6.3 mg/dl; P = 0.04 and −1.7 ± 0.1%; P = 0.04, respectively). After the DASH diet, the mean change for HDL cholesterol levels was higher (4.3 ± 0.9 mg/dl; P = 0.001) and LDL cholesterol was reduced (−17.2 ± 3.5 mg/dl; P = 0.02). Additionally, DASH had beneficial effects on systolic (−13.6 ± 3.5 vs. −3.1 ± 2.7 mmHg; P = 0.02) and diastolic blood pressure (−9.5 ± 2.6 vs. −0.7 ± 3.3 mmHg; P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Among diabetic patients, the DASH diet had beneficial effects on cardiometabolic risks.