Vegetable, Fruit, and Cereal Fiber Intake and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Men

To examine prospectively the relationship between dietary fiber and risk of coronary heart disease.Cohort study.In 1986, a total of 43,757 US male health professionals 40 to 75 years of age and free from diagnosed cardiovascular disease and diabetes completed a detailed 131-item dietary questionnaire used to measure usual intake of total dietary fiber and specific food sources of fiber.Fatal and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI).During 6 years...