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Avoidance of Fiber Is Associated With Greater Risk of Crohn’s Disease Flare in a 6-Month Period

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 2015
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Title
Avoidance of Fiber Is Associated With Greater Risk of Crohn’s Disease Flare in a 6-Month Period
Published in
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.12.029
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Authors

Carol S. Brotherton, Christopher A. Martin, Millie D. Long, Michael D. Kappelman, Robert S. Sandler

Abstract

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) have been associated with an abnormal mucosal response to the gastrointestinal microbiota. Although dietary fiber affects the gastrointestinal microbiota, there is limited information on the role of fiber on IBD activity. We investigated factors associated with fiber consumption and whether it was associated with flares in patients with IBD. We collected a completed 26-item dietary survey from 1619 participants in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Partners Internet cohort (Crohn's disease, 1130; ulcerative colitis/indeterminate colitis, 489). Eligible individuals were in remission based on disease activity index at baseline and completed a follow-up survey 6 months later. Fiber and whole grain consumption were categorized into quartiles and deciles. Disease flare at 6 months was defined as a disease activity index score exceeding remission cut-off values, and/or an IBD-related surgical procedure or hospitalization since baseline. Participants with longer duration of disease, past history of surgery and past IBD hospitalization ate less fiber. The risks for disease flare differed by disease type. Compared to those in the lowest quartile of fiber consumption, participants with Crohn's disease in the highest quartile were less likely to have a flare (adjusted odds ratios [OR], 0.58, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.37-0.90). Participants with Crohn's disease who reported that they did not avoid high fiber foods were ∼40% less likely to have a disease flare than those who avoided high fiber foods (adjusted OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.43-0.81). There was no association between fiber intake and flares in patients with ulcerative colitis (adjusted OR, 1.82; 95% CI, 0.92-3.60). Intake of dietary fiber is associated with reduced disease flares in patients with Crohn's disease, but not UC. Recommendations to limit dietary fiber should be reevaluated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 158 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 14%
Student > Master 21 13%
Student > Bachelor 19 12%
Researcher 13 8%
Other 13 8%
Other 20 13%
Unknown 51 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 44 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 8 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 5%
Other 16 10%
Unknown 55 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 200. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2023.
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