Source of dietary fibre and diverticular disease incidence: a prospective study of UK women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous prospective studies have found the incidence of intestinal diverticular disease decreased with increasing intakes of dietary fibre, but associations by the fibre source are less well characterised. We assessed these associations in a large UK prospective study of middle-aged women.

Methods and findings

During 6 (SD 1) years follow-up of 690 075 women without known diverticular disease who had not changed their diet in the last 5 years, 17 325 were admitted to hospital or died with diverticular disease. Dietary fibre intake was assessed using a validated 40-item food questionnaire and remeasured 1 year later in 4265 randomly-selected women. Mean total dietary fibre intake at baseline was 13.8 (SD 5.0) g/day, of which 42% came from cereals, 22% from fruits,

SUBMITTER: Crowe FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4145436 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature