Association of Habitual Preoperative Dietary Fiber Intake With Complications After Colorectal Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postoperative complications are associated with increased morbidity and mortality among patients with colorectal cancer. As a modifiable factor associated with gut health, dietary fiber intake is of interest with regard to the risk of complications after surgery for colorectal cancer.

Objective

To examine the association between preoperative dietary fiber intake and risk of complications after surgery for colorectal cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the Colorectal Longitudinal, Observational Study on Nutritional and Lifestyle Factors (COLON) study, which recruited adult patients with colorectal cancer at any stage at diagnosis from 11 hospitals in the Netherlands between August 2010 and December 2017. The present stu

SUBMITTER: Kok DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature