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

Table 4.

Associations of dietary fiber and its source with cardiovascular risk factors among Korean women 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) 1.04 (0.87,1.24) 0.98 (0.81,1.18) 1.10 (0.90,1.34) 1.05 (0.83,1.33) 0.596
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.97 (0.79,1.20) 1.07 (0.87,1.31) 0.93 (0.74,1.17) 0.90 (0.70,1.17) 0.351
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.20 (0.91,1.57) 1.31 (1.01,1.70) 0.86 (0.63,1.16) 1.05 (0.76,1.46) 0.497
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.98 (0.74,1.28) 1.20 (0.91,1.59) 0.98 (0.74,1.30) 1.17 (0.84,1.62) 0.412
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.04 (0.77,1.42) 1.21 (0.91,1.62) 0.90 (0.65,1.25) 0.96 (0.67,1.38) 0.506
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.68 (0.37,1.25) 0.82 (0.45,1.51) 0.79 (0.39,1.59) 0.92 (0.48,1.76) 0.918
Carbohydrate: Total fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.90 (0.75,1.07) 0.93 (0.78,1.11) 0.95 (0.80,1.13) 0.91 (0.76,1.10) 0.541
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.89 (0.73,1.09) 0.98 (0.80,1.19) 1.04 (0.85,1.27) 1.01 (0.83,1.24) 0.490
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 0.95 (0.73,1.24) 1.18 (0.91,1.53) 1.13 (0.88,1.45) 1.24 (0.94,1.63) 0.066
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.92 (0.73,1.17) 0.97 (0.75,1.25) 0.88 (0.68,1.14) 0.88 (0.67,1.15) 0.333
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.14 (0.86,1.51) 1.35 (1.04,1.76) 1.26 (0.94,1.71) 1.07 (0.78,1.45) 0.678
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 1.05 (0.59,1.88) 0.63 (0.35,1.13) 1.00 (0.56,1.77) 0.84 (0.45,1.57) 0.581
Cereal fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.98 (0.82,1.17) 0.92 (0.78,1.10) 0.96 (0.80,1.14) 1.05 (0.87,1.28) 0.476
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.94 (0.77,1.14) 0.86 (0.70,1.05) 0.99 (0.81,1.22) 1.06 (0.84,1.32) 0.311
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.14 (0.88,1.49) 1.19 (0.92,1.53) 1.13 (0.86,1.49) 1.08 (0.81,1.42) 0.923
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.92 (0.71,1.19) 0.84 (0.64,1.09) 1.00 (0.78,1.28) 0.85 (0.64,1.11) 0.419
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.07 (0.79,1.44) 1.33 (0.98,1.80) 1.28 (0.95,1.72) 1.24 (0.91,1.69) 0.174
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.71 (0.41,1.21) 0.67 (0.34,1.30) 0.65 (0.37,1.14) 0.62 (0.34,1.11) 0.188
Vegetable fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 1.01 (0.85,1.21) 1.01 (0.84,1.21) 0.96 (0.80,1.15) 1.18 (0.98,1.44) 0.092
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 1.08 (0.88,1.31) 0.98 (0.80,1.20) 0.94 (0.76,1.17) 1.03 (0.83,1.28) 0.934
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 1.03 (0.78,1.37) 1.05 (0.80,1.38) 1.10 (0.84,1.45) 1.05 (0.79,1.39) 0.728
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 0.82 (0.62,1.08) 0.85 (0.65,1.12) 1.05 (0.80,1.37) 0.85 (0.64,1.14) 0.731
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 1.08 (0.79,1.47) 1.31 (0.96,1.77) 1.22 (0.90,1.64) 1.13 (0.83,1.53) 0.555
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.69 (0.35,1.37) 0.61 (0.32,1.14) 1.15 (0.64,2.05) 1.48 (0.84,2.59) 0.017
Fruit fiber
Obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.99 (0.85,1.15) 0.80 (0.69,0.93) 0.85 (0.73,1.00) 0.029
Abdominal obesity 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.97 (0.82,1.16) 0.82 (0.69,0.98) 0.82 (0.67,0.99) 0.026
Metabolic syndrome 1.00 (Ref) 0.95 (0.76,1.18) 1.09 (0.87,1.36) 0.88 (0.69,1.13) 0.321
Hypercholesterolemia 1.00 (Ref) 1.06 (0.83,1.35) 1.17 (0.93,1.47) 1.18 (0.93,1.49) 0.210
Hypertension 1.00 (Ref) 0.71 (0.55,0.93) 0.92 (0.72,1.18) 0.70 (0.54,0.90) 0.052
Type 2 diabetes 1.00 (Ref) 0.78 (0.47,1.30) 0.93 (0.56,1.54) 0.51 (0.28,0.91) 0.030

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.