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. 2021 Jan 6;13(1):160. doi: 10.3390/nu13010160

Table 3.

Associations of dietary fiber and its source with cardiovascular risk factors among Korean men 1,2.

Quintile (Quartile) of Dietary Fiber and Its Source p Trend
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
OR OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Total fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.84 (0.70,1.00) 0.96 (0.80,1.16) 0.97 (0.80,1.17) 1.16 (0.93,1.44) 0.041
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.86 (0.71,1.06) 0.84 (0.69,1.03) 0.89 (0.73,1.10) 1.14 (0.90,1.44) 0.111
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (0.79,1.28) 0.76 (0.60,0.98) 0.81 (0.62,1.06) 0.69 (0.53,0.92) 0.004
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.98 (0.71,1.35) 1.01 (0.74,1.39) 1.25 (0.91,1.73) 1.08 (0.76,1.52) 0.393
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.25 (0.97,1.61) 1.00 (0.76,1.31) 1.12 (0.85,1.47) 0.88 (0.65,1.17) 0.128
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.95 (0.57,1.59) 1.00 (0.62,1.61) 0.95 (0.57,1.58) 0.70 (0.41,1.19) 0.148
Carbohydrate: Total fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.88 (0.74,1.05) 0.84 (0.70,1.00) 0.67 (0.56,0.80) 0.76 (0.63,0.92) 0.002
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.85 (0.70,1.03) 0.86 (0.72,1.04) 0.72 (0.59,0.88) 0.74 (0.61,0.91) 0.004
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (0.80,1.26) 1.06 (0.85,1.32) 1.17 (0.92,1.50) 1.12 (0.88,1.43) 0.208
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.98 (0.75,1.29) 0.82 (0.62,1.08) 0.77 (0.56,1.04) 0.89 (0.66,1.20) 0.309
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.02 (0.81,1.29) 1.07 (0.84,1.37) 1.14 (0.90,1.46) 0.88 (0.68,1.13) 0.399
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.88 (0.57,1.37) 0.97 (0.62,1.51) 0.92 (0.58,1.47) 1.14 (0.73,1.79) 0.481
Cereal fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (0.84,1.19) 0.92 (0.77,1.10) 0.95 (0.79,1.13) 0.91 (0.76,1.09) 0.254
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 1.02 (0.84,1.23) 0.97 (0.80,1.18) 0.90 (0.74,1.10) 0.93 (0.77,1.14) 0.307
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.08 (0.86,1.37) 0.88 (0.69,1.13) 0.92 (0.72,1.18) 0.92 (0.72,1.19) 0.327
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.97 (0.72,1.31) 0.94 (0.69,1.28) 1.20 (0.89,1.62) 1.07 (0.77,1.47) 0.392
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 0.99 (0.78,1.27) 0.99 (0.78,1.27) 0.96 (0.75,1.24) 1.01 (0.78,1.31) 0.963
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.91 (0.57,1.46) 1.09 (0.67,1.78) 1.03 (0.63,1.69) 0.92 (0.56,1.51) 0.823
Vegetable fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.83 (0.70,1.00) 0.91 (0.76,1.09) 1.00 (0.83,1.19) 1.28 (1.05,1.55) 0.001
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.77 (0.64,0.94) 0.96 (0.78,1.17) 0.92 (0.75,1.12) 1.04 (0.85,1.29) 0.229
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 0.91 (0.71,1.16) 0.97 (0.76,1.23) 0.85 (0.65,1.10) 0.96 (0.75,1.23) 0.791
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 1.07 (0.79,1.44) 0.94 (0.70,1.25) 0.88 (0.65,1.20) 0.97 (0.71,1.34) 0.625
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.11 (0.85,1.45) 1.15 (0.89,1.49) 1.11 (0.85,1.43) 1.15 (0.87,1.52) 0.430
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.91 (0.54,1.52) 0.95 (0.58,1.54) 0.87 (0.52,1.47) 1.02 (0.62,1.68) 0.871
Fruit fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.99 (0.84,1.17) 0.84 (0.72,0.98) 0.87 (0.74,1.02) 0.093
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.99 (0.82,1.18) 0.78 (0.66,0.92) 0.74 (0.62,0.88) 0.001
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 0.97 (0.79,1.21) 0.78 (0.63,0.95) 0.76 (0.61,0.93) 0.011
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 1.18 (0.89,1.58) 1.14 (0.88,1.49) 1.37 (1.04,1.79) 0.042
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 0.88 (0.69,1.12) 0.95 (0.76,1.18) 0.77 (0.61,0.97) 0.035
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 1.17 (0.78,1.77) 0.70 (0.45,1.07) 1.15 (0.79,1.68) 0.467

1 All of the analyses accounted for the effects of the complex sampling design and appropriate sampling weights of the national survey using the PROC SURVEY procedures in the SAS software. 2 Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and p trend values for cardiovascular risk factors by quintile (or quartile) of each dietary measure, taking the lowest quintile (quartile) group as the reference (Ref) group. To calculate the p trend values across quintiles (or quartiles) of dietary measures, the median intake of a dietary measure in each quintile (or quartile) was entered as a continuous variable in the logistic regression model. Age (continuous), living area (urban or rural), education (elementary school, middle school, high school, or college or more), household income (lowest, medium-low, medium-high, or highest), current smoking (yes or no), current alcohol drinking (yes or no), physical activity (yes or no), BMI (continuous), and total energy intake (continuous) were controlled for in all of the models. 3 Adjusted for age, living area, education, household income, current smoking, current alcohol drinking, physical activity, and total energy intake.