Objectives:
Epidemiological studies focusing on the association between folate and breast cancer risk reported inconsistent findings. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Does dietary folate intake reduce breast cancer risk?
Study design:
This review article included a total of 23 prospective cohort studies involving 41,516 cases (=women with breast cancer) among 1,171,048 individuals.
Objectives:
Inositol (ISL) embraces a family of simple carbohydrates with insulin-sensitizing properties, whose most common isoforms are Myo-inositol (MYO) and D-chiro inositol (DCI). Therefore, this meta-analysis (systematic review) has been conducted.
Does inositol supplementation reduce gestational diabetes (GDM)?
Objectives:
The goal of this review article is to quantify the risk of P vivax parasitaemia after treatment of Plasmodium falciparum with commonly used antimalarial drugs to assess the potential benefits of radical cure for all patients with uncomplicated malaria in co-endemic regions.
Study design:
This review article included 153 studies with a total of 31,262 patients from 323 site-specific treatment groups (from 21 countries): 130 (85%) studies were from the Asia-Pacific region, 16 (10%) from the Americas and 7 (5%) from Africa.
Objectives:
Existing studies suggest that dietary vitamins and carotenoids might be associated with a reduced risk of age-related cataract (ARC), although a quantitative summary of these associations is lacking. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Do vitamins and carotenoids intake reduce risk of the eye disease age-related cataract?
Objectives:
Probiotic supplementation in early life may be effective in preventing atopic dermatitis (AD); however, results regarding efficacy have been controversial. Therefore, this meta-analysis (systematic review) has been conducted.
Does probiotic supplementation in early life prevent atopic dermatitis in infants and children?
Objectives:
Is there a relationship between nut consumption and metabolic syndrome (MetS)?
Study design:
This review article included a total of 11 observational studies (6 cross-sectional and 5 prospective cohort studies), which involved a total of 89,224 participants.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found nut consumption significantly reduced risk of metabolic syndrome with 16% [overall multivariable adjusted RR = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.76-0.92, p 0.001].
Objectives:
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an intermittent commensal organism in the nasopharynx. Colonisation is a prerequisite for disease and malnourished children are especially susceptible to severe infection.
The goal of this review article is to examine published prevalence rates of pneumococcal colonisation in the upper respiratory tract of chronically malnourished children 5 y of age.
Objectives:
Fish consumption and dietary intake of n-3 polyunsaturated acids (PUFAs) may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Is there an association between fish consumption or dietary intake of n-3 polyunsaturated acids (PUFAs) and inflammatory bowel disease risk?
Objectives:
The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection is rapidly increasing worldwide, but prevalence is difficult to estimate in developing countries where awareness, diagnostic resources and surveillance protocols are limited. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
The goal of this review article is to determine the current prevalence and incidence density rates of first episodes of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in developing countries.
Study design:
Objectives:
Previous meta-analysis showed an inverse association between coffee consumption and all-cause mortality. However, the relationship between caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption and all-cause mortality is inconsistent. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Do both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption reduce all-cause mortality?
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