Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction

Table 4 Intervention studies correlating dietary fiber with colorectal neoplasia

Reference	Setting	n	Intervention	End point	Odds ratio of recurrence in intervention group	Dietary fiber protective
Alberts et al 2000[30]	Postpolypectomy	2079	Counselling	Recurrent adenoma at 4 yr	0.88 (95% CI 0.70-1.11)	No
Schatzkin et al 2000[31]	Postpolypectomy	1429	Fiber supplement	Recurrent adenoma at 36 mo	1.00 (95% CI 0.90-1.12)	No
Ishikawa et al 2005[33]	Postpolypectomy	398	Fiber supplement	Recurrent adenoma at 4 yr	1.31 (95% CI 0.87-1.98)	No
Jacobs et al 2006[34]	Postpolypectomy	3209	Fiber supplement	Recurrent adenoma	0.91 (95% CI 0.78-1.06)	No
		Pooled from 2 studies