title: Nutrients, food groups, dietary patterns, and risk of pancreatic cancer in postmenopausal women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Identifying modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer is important because of its poor prognosis. Previous findings on diet are inconsistent.
  
  
  METHODS
  Associations between intake of nutrients, food groups, dietary patterns, and pancreatic cancer risk were examined among 34,642 postmenopausal women in the Iowa Women's Health Study (IWHS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant associations were observed between intake of nutrients and food groups or dietary patterns and pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings do not support the hypothesis that fruits, vegetables, and red meat are associated with risk of pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dietary intake, assessed in multiple aspects in a large prospective cohort study, was not associated with pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. inou0021@umn.edu
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue-Choi
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robien
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D017698:Postmenopause; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires