No association between fruit or vegetable consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer in Japan.
In a pooled analysis of two prospective studies with 88,658 Japanese men and women, fruit and vegetable consumptions, were not associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer (705 cases); multivariate relative risk (95% confidence interval) for the highest vs the lowest quartile of intake being 0.92 (0.70-1.19) and 1.00 (0.79-1.27), respectively.
Tsubono
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Y
Division of Health Policy, Tohoku University School of Public Policy, Kawauchi, Sendai 980-8576, Japan. ytsubono@metamedica.com
Otani
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T
Kobayashi
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M
Yamamoto
S
S
Sobue
T
T
Tsugane
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables