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SUBMITTER: Dong Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586511 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dong Yutong Y Chen Li L Gutin Bernard B Zhu Haidong H
European journal of clinical nutrition 20181206 8
<h4>Background/objectives</h4>To evaluate sex and race differences in fiber intakes, which are understudied in adolescents, and to investigate whether low insoluble and soluble fiber intakes would be associated with higher risk for insulin resistance and blood pressure (BP).<h4>Subjects/methods</h4>A total of 754 black and white adolescents, 14 to 18 years old (49.2% blacks; 50.3% female), were previously recruited in Augusta, Georgia, USA, between 2001 and 2005. Diet was assessed with four to s ...[more]