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Higher intake of both soluble and insoluble dietary fibres may reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease amongst Japanese men and women.

The study, which appears in the August issue of The Journal of Nutrition, followed 23,119 Japanese men and 35,611 women aged 40-79 years without a medical history of strokes or heart disease between 1988 and 1990.

All participants completed an initial 40-item food frequency questionnaire and had their soluble, insoluble and total dietary fibre and nutrient intake levels estimated. They were then grouped into five equal quartiles or groups depending on their estimated daily consumption of dietary fibre. The lowest-consuming first quartile ate a median of 6.8 g/d of total dietary fibre (TDF), while the highest fifth quarter consumed a median of 14 g/d.

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