Fiber intake and childhood appendicitis

J.D. Brender, N.S. Weiss, T.D. Koepsell and E.K. Marcuse

American Journal of Public Health, 1985, vol. 75, issue 4, 399-400

Abstract: Parents of 135 children with appendicitis and of 212 comparison children were interviewed about their children's diet. Children in the upper two quartiles of fiber intake were estimated to have a 30 per cent lower risk of appendicitis than children in the lowest quartile. Estimated risk of appendicitis decreased as monthly intake of whole-grain foods increased. Children 7 to 18 years of age who had an intake of whole-grain foods in the upper fiftieth percentile were estimated to have a 50 per cent lower risk of appendicitis. This reduction in risk was not observed in the group of children less than 7 years of age.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.75.4.399

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