Dietary fibre in hypertension and cardiovascular disease management: systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher dietary fibre intakes are associated with a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), and increasing intake has been shown to reduce blood pressure and other cardiometabolic risk factors. The extent to which dietary fibre can further reduce risk for those with CVD and treated with cardioprotective drugs has not been clearly established. We have examined the evidence for dietary fibre as adjunct therapy in those with CVD or hypertension.

Methods

Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and CENTRAL were searched to June 2021. Prospective observational studies reporting on fibre intakes and mortality in those with pre-existing CVD and controlled trials of increasing fibre intakes on cardiometabolic risk factors in those with CVD or hypertension were eligib

SUBMITTER: Reynolds AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature