TY - JOUR T1 - Dietary fibre intake was not associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer in women JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 89 LP - 89 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.3.89 VL - 2 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/3/89.abstract N2 - Fuchs CS, Giovannucci EL, Colditz GA, et al. Dietary fiber and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma in women.N Engl J Med1999 Jan 21; 340:169–76.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question Is dietary fibre intake associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma in women? Prospective, population based cohort study of women in the Nurses' Health Study with 16 years of follow up.United States.88 757 women who were nurses between 30 and 55 years of age in 1976. Exclusion criteria were cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, familial polyposis syndrome, implausible high or low scores for total energy intake, or missing food frequency questionnaire data.Nurses completed mailed questionnaires at baseline and every 2 years thereafter. Food frequency questionnaires included information on 61 foods, beverages, and vitamin and mineral supplements. For analysis, nurses were divided into quintiles based on energy adjusted … ER -