Dietary fiber intake and risk of first stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Purpose: Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies, but no meta-analysis has been published to date.

Methods: Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber intake and incidence of first hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, published between January 1990 and May 2012.

Results: Eight cohort studies from the United States, northern Europe, Australia, and Japan met inclusion criteria.