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Dietary Fiber and Atherosclerosis

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Dietary Fiber

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The influence of any treatment on development of atherosclerosis can be assayed directly in animals by obtaining autopsy data after a suitable experimental period. In man the determination of atherosclerotic involvement is indirect and depends upon measurements of serum or plasma lipid or lipoprotein components. Elevated plasma total cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels are generally agreed to be positively correlated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (Kagan et al., 1962; Gordon et al., 1974). Elevated levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), HDL-choles-terol, or ratio of HDL- to LDL-cholesterol are assumed to be negatively correlated (Barr et al., 1951; Miller and Miller, 1975). Thus, in man alteration of risk may be adduced to follow changes in levels of any of these parameters.

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Kritchevsky, D. (1986). Dietary Fiber and Atherosclerosis. In: Vahouny, G.V., Kritchevsky, D. (eds) Dietary Fiber. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2111-8_17

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