12 Similar to a study of middle-aged and elderly Japanese people, 6 we found that dietary fibre intake had a marginally significant difference among altered MetS components groups 0, 1, 2 and 3–5 overall.
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Relationship between dietary factors and the number of altered metabolic syndrome components in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.
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Although analysis of covariance or trend tests did not reach statistical significance, the number of altered MetS components were positively correlated with daily intakes of abdominal organs (2.9–4.4 g; P trend=0.050), beans (17.0–19.5 g; P trend=0.113), and nuts (3.2–4.1 g; P trend=0.207).