Dietary fiber for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Post, Robert E ^a,b   Mainous III, Arch G ^a   King, Dana E ^a   Simpson, Kit N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Virtua Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; GLUCOSE; GUAR GUM; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PLACEBO; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEET; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAD; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUAR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84855655277     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110148     Document Type: Article

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