Dietary fiber reduces peripheral arterial disease risk in men1

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Et al; Hu, Frank B; Spiegelman, Donna; Willett, Walter C; Merchant, Anwar T | Copyright information

ABSTRACT We prospectively evaluated the relationship between dietary fiber and peripheral arterial disease risk (PAD) among 46,032 men, aged 40 to 75 y, in 1986. Subjects answered a vascular disease questionnaire and completed a validated 131-item food frequency questionnaire, and were free of PAD, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. During 12 y of follow-up 308 incident PAD cases were documented. After adjusting for age, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, family history of early c...

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