Dietary Fiber Intake And Risk Of First Stroke

Total fiber intake and stroke risk seven studies reported total dietary fiber intake in relation to stroke risk all of which were included in the dose response meta analysis figure 1 12 14 16 19 the pooled relative risk rr per 7 g day increase was 0 93 95 confidence intervals ci 0 88 0 98.
Dietary fiber intake and risk of first stroke. Dietary fiber intake is associated with improvements in key modifiable risk factors for stroke such as hypertension 6 7 and hypercholesterolaemia. Relative risk per 7 g day 0 93. Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber.
Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first time stroke according to new research in the american heart association journal stroke. Advertisement dietary fiber is the part of the plant that. A systematic review and meta analysis.
A systematic review and meta analysis. Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies but no meta analysis has been published to date. Conclusions greater dietary fiber intake is significantly associated with lower risk of first stroke.
Dietary fibre is the part of the plant that the body is unable to completely digest. Six prospective cohort studies containing a total of 314 864 subjects and 8920 stroke cases were included. Total dietary fiber intake was inversely associated with risk of hemorrhagic plus ischemic stroke with some evidence of heterogeneity between studies i 2.
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P eople who eat a high fibre diet experience a lower risk of first time stroke according to new research from the university of leeds. The summary relative risk rr of stroke for the highest vs lowest category of dietary fiber intake was 0 87 95 confidence interval ci 0 77 0 99. This is a meta analysis of 8 prospective studies on dietary fiber intake and risk of stroke.