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Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Apr;83(4):760–766. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/83.4.760

TABLE 3.

Regression coefficients (β) of dietary total fiber and soluble and insoluble fiber for predicting log C-reactive protein (CRP) according to a linear mixed model in the Seasonal Variation of Blood Cholesterol Study, Worcester, MA (1994–1998)

	Unadjusted				Adjusted¹
	Cross-sectional		Longitudinal		Cross-sectional		Longitudinal
	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P
Total fiber (g/d)	−0.03 (0.007)	< 0.001	−0.006 (0.004)	0.11	−0.01 (0.006)	0.03	−0.008 (0.004)	0.03
Water-soluble dietary fiber (g/d)	−0.05 (0.02)	0.005	−0.009 (0.01)	0.35	−0.03 (0.02)	0.12	−0.02 (0.01)	0.07
Insoluble dietary fiber (g/d)	−0.04 (0.01)	< 0.001	−0.01 (0.005)	0.07	−0.02 (0.008)	0.02	−0.01 (0.005)	0.02

Adjusted for BMI, smoking status, age, current infection status, and season of year at the time of the CRP assessment.