This study examined whether dietary-induced reductions in lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and plasma affected metabolic profiles in PBMCs and plasma.
Eighty nonobese patients (aged 40-70 years) with prediabetes or newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes were randomly assigned to a control group (normal diet with refined rice) or a whole-grain group (replacement of refined rice with whole-grains and legumes). This dietary intervention replaced approximately 7% of carbohydrate-derived energy with approximately 4% of protein-derived energy and approximately 3% of fat-derived energy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
82
Subjects in the control group maintained the usual refined-rice diet.
Subjects in the whole-grain group replaced refined rice with a mix of 1/3 legumes, 1/3 barley, and 1/3 wild rice three times per day, and increased vegetable intake to at least 6 units (30-70 g/unit) per day for sufficient dietary fiber intake.
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Lp-PLA2 Activity in Plasma
Time frame: Change from baseline in Lp-PLA2 at 12 weeks
Lp-PLA2 Activity in PBMC
Time frame: Change from baseline in Lp-PLA2 at 12 weeks
PBMC metabolites
Time frame: Change in L-leucine, oleamide, lysoPC (16:0), and lysoPC (18:0)
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