Dietary Fiber Intake Was Inversely Associated with All-Cause Mortality but Not with Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortalities in the US.

Zoha Akbar, Sundus Fituri, Zumin Shi, Vijay Ganji

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Zoha AkbarDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-7287-0027

Sundus FituriDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.

Zumin ShiDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-3099-3299

Vijay GanjiNutrition and Dietetics Program, School of Health and Human Sciences, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6314-7734

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Abstract

backgroundEvidence linking dietary fiber intake with cancer risk and mortality is equivocal.

objectiveWe investigated the relationship between dietary fiber intake and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortalities in US adults ≥ 20 years.

methodsData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) from 2003 to 2016 were used. Seven two-year cycles were concatenated into one analytic data file, NHANES 2003-2016 (

resultsDuring the follow-up period, out of 2520 deaths, 561 and 511 deaths were from cancer and CVD, respectively. Dietary fiber intake was inversely associated with all-cause mortality [RR (95% CI), 0.67 (0.56-0.80);

conclusionsIn the US population, dietary fiber intake was associated with decreased all-cause mortality, but not with cancer and CVD mortality.

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cancercardiovascular diseasedietary fibermortalityNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyNHANES

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PMID40863246

DOI10.3390/diseases13080272

PMCPMC12385747

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