Dietary fiber and health outcomes: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 436-444

  Veronese, Nicola ^a,b   Solmi, Marco ^c   Caruso, Maria Gabriella ^b   Giannelli, Gianluigi ^b   Osella, Alberto R ^b   Evangelou, Evangelos ^d,e   Maggi, Stefania ^a   Fontana, Luigi ^f,g,h   Stubbs, Brendon ^i,j,k   Tzoulaki, Ioanna ^d,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Gastroenterology Research Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

cancer; cardiovascular disease; fibers; meta analysis, systemati review

Indexed keywords

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRECANCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DIET; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85044225948     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx082     Document Type: Review

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