Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 941-949 , October 2008

Association between dietary fiber and markers of systemic inflammation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

  • Yunsheng Ma, MD, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +508-856-1008; fax: +508-856-2022
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  • James R. Hébert, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prevention and Control Program and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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  • Wenjun Li, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Barbara Olendzki, M.P.H., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Sherry L. Pagoto, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Lesley Tinker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Milagros C. Rosal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Ira S. Ockene, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Judith K. Ockene, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Jennifer A. Griffith, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Simin Liu, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Received 6 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2008.

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 The Women's Health Initiative program was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The work was partly supported by R01 DK062290 (PI: Simin Liu) and 2N01WH042116 (PI: Judith K. Ockene).

PII: S0899-9007(08)00204-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.04.005

Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 941-949 , October 2008

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