Effects of a Mediterranean style diet on vascular health in Type 2 diabetes.

The effect of a Mediterranean style diet versus a conventional High carbohydrate, low fat diet on glycaemic and lipid control and on vascular inflammatory markers in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000399695

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-14

Start date

2003-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

The study consists of a randomised six-month dietary intervention with individuals assigned to either the intervention group (HVM diet) or the control group (High carbohydrate, low fat: HCLF diet). Each group receives individualised dietary education and is provided with written dietary education materials. Subjects attend for review at 3 and 6 months, and are also contacted by telephone after the first month. Outcome measures are assessed at study entry and after six months of dietary therap

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

For our study we are recruiting 24 English speaking people with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes (within 3-12 months of diagnosis) who are attending the Alfred Hospital, Diabetes Education Outpatient Clinic.

Exclusion criteria

body mass index (BMI) < 25 kg/m2 or >37 kg/m2; on corticosteroid or insulin therapy; presence of established renal and/or liver disease (serum creatinine more than 0.12 mmol/L/albumin excretion rate greater than 300 Ã¿Âµg per minute or ALT more than twice the upper limit of normal respectively).

Outcome results