Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
The relationship between the intake of vitamin E and the risk of getting lung cancer is still contradictory. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Eating vitamin E lowers the chances of getting lung cancer?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 10 prospective cohort studies and 1 case-control study with a total of 4434 lung cancer cases.
There was no question of publication bias.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found in the 11 studies that eating a lot of vitamin E the chances of getting lung cancer significantly with 14.2% [RR = 0.858, 95% CI = 0.742-0.99, I2 = 47.3%, p = 0.041] reduced.
The researchers found that eating a lot of vitamin E the chances of getting lung cancer among Americans significantly with 13.8% [RR = 0.862, 95% CI = 0715-0.996] reduced.
The researchers found in 10 prospective cohort studies that eating a lot of vitamin E the chances of getting lung cancer significantly with 8.7% [RR = 0.913, 95% CI = 0.827-0.996] reduced.
The researchers concluded that eating a lot of vitamin E the chance of getting longerkanker, particularly among Americans reduced.
Original title:
Dietary vitamin E intake could reduce the risk of lung cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis by Chen G, Wang J, [...], Li Q.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4483938/
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