An analysis of dietary fiber and fecal fiber components including pH in rural Africans with colorectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is now a major public health problem with heavy morbidity and mortality in rural Africans despite the lingering dietary fiber-rich foodstuffs consumption. Studies have shown that increased intake of dietary fiber which contribute to low fecal pH and also influences the activity of intestinal microbiota, is associated with a lowered risk for CRC. However, whether or not the apparent high dietary fiber consumption by Africans do not longer protects against CRC risk is unknown. This study evaluated dietary fiber intake, fecal fiber components and pH levels in CRC patients.

Methods

Thirty-five subjects (CRC=21, control=14), mean age 45 years were recruited for the study. A truncated food frequency questionnaire and modified Goering and Van

SUBMITTER: Faruk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797278 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature