Dietary Fiber And Coronary Heart Disease

Fiber lipids and coronary heart disease was approved by the american heart association science advisory and coordinating committee in december 1996.
Dietary fiber and coronary heart disease. Epidemiological studies of men suggest that dietary fiber intake protects against coronary heart disease chd but data on this association in women are sparse. 8 dietary fiber has been found to be inversely associated with risk factors for chd in observational studies. Coronary heart disease can gradually get worse hence the importance of eating a healthy diet.
Few epidemiologic studies of dietary fiber intake and risk of coronary heart disease have compared fiber types cereal fruit and vegetable or included sex specific results. We aimed to study recent and long term dietary fiber intake in relation to coronary heart disease and all cause mortality. Little is known about the effects of dietary fiber intake on long term mortality.
Data sources the cochrane library medline medline in process embase cab abstracts isi web of science biosis and. Coronary heart disease prevalence. Dietary fiber may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease chd through a variety of mechanisms such as improving blood lipid profiles 1 3 lowering blood pressure 4 5 and improving insulin sensitivity 6 7 and fibrinolytic activity.
N 1399 and mortality from coronary heart disease n 635. Background even though dietary fiber has been hypothesized to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease few large epidemiological studies have examined this relation with good methodology. The effects of recent and long term dietary fiber intakes on mortality were investigated in the zutphen study a cohort of 1373 men born between 1900.
To examine the association between long term intake of total dietary fiber as well as fiber from different sources and risk of chd in women. Objective to investigate dietary fibre intake and any potential dose response association with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to conduct a pooled analysis of dietary fiber and its subtypes and risk of coronary heart disease.
Design systematic review of available literature and dose response meta analysis of cohort studies using random effects models. We monitored the incidence of major coronary events a combination of first nonfatal myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease death. Based on astute comparisons of chd prevalence and dietary habits trowell postulated that high fiber foods were protective against chd as cited in anderson 24 over the three decades following that suggestion prospective cohort studies documented that high levels of fiber intake and especially consumption of whole grains are associated with a.