Monique van Nielen, Edith J M Feskens, Marco Mensink, Ivonne Sluijs, Esther Molina, Pilar Amiano, Eva Ardanaz, Beverly Balkau, Joline W J Beulens, Heiner Boeing, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Guy Fagherazzi, Paul W Franks, Jytte Halkjaer, José Maria Huerta, Verena Katzke, Timothy J Key, Kay Tee Khaw, Vittorio Krogh, Tilman Kühn, Virginia V M Menéndez, Peter Nilsson, Kim Overvad, Domenico Palli, Salvatore Panico, Olov Rolandsson, Isabelle Romieu, Carlotta Sacerdote, Maria-José Sánchez, Matthias B Schulze, Annemieke M W Spijkerman, Anne Tjonneland, Rosario Tumino, Daphne L van der A, Anne M L Würtz, Raul Zamora-Ros, Claudia Langenberg, Stephen J Sharp, Nita G Forouhi, Elio Riboli, Nicholas J Wareham
OBJECTIVE: The long-term association between dietary protein and type 2 diabetes incidence is uncertain. We aimed to investigate the association between total, animal, and plant protein intake and the incidence of type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The prospective European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct case-cohort study consists of 12,403 incident type 2 diabetes cases and a stratified subcohort of 16,154 individuals from eight European countries, with an average follow-up time of 12...
July 2014: Diabetes Care