Dietary fiber and progression of atherosclerosis: The Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1085-1091

  Wu, Huiyun ^a   Dwyer, Kathleen M ^a   Fan, Zhihong ^a   Shircore, Anne ^a   Fan, Jing ^a   Dwyer, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Courier: Building A5122 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cohort study; Dietary fiber; Intima media thickness; Measurement error; Serum lipid

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECALL; TUNICA MEDIA; UNITED STATES; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PECTINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0642307075     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.6.1085     Document Type: Article

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