Nutritional Advice El MondoObjectives:
Is there an association between meat intake and risk of esophageal cancer?
Study design:
This review article included 7 cohort studies and 28 case-control studies.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest total meat consumption categories a non-significant increased risk of 19% [95% CI = 0.98-1.46] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest red meat consumption categories a significant increased risk of 55% [95% CI = 1.22-1.96] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest processed meat consumption categories a significant increased risk of 33% [95% CI = 1.04-1.69] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest white meat consumption categories a significant decreased risk of 28% [95% CI = 0.60-0.86] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest poultry consumption categories a significant decreased risk of 17% [95% CI = 0.72-0.96] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found for the highest versus lowest fish consumption categories a non-significant decreased risk of 5% [95% CI = 0.76-1.19] for esophageal cancer.
The investigators found when stratified by histological subtype, positive associations among esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and red meat, white meat and poultry and esophageal adenocarcinoma with total meat and processed meat.
The investigators concluded red meat and processed meat consumption increase risk of esophageal cancer, while white meat and poultry decrease risk of esophageal cancer. Fish consumption is not associated with incidence of esophageal cancer.
Original title:
Meat consumption is associated with esophageal cancer risk in a meat- and cancer-histological-type dependent manner by Zhu HC, Yang X, […], Sun XC.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24395380
Additional information of El Mondo:
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