Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
The anti-cancer effects of fruits and vegetables are extensively studied, but the link between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) is not recorded. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Eating fruits and vegetables lowers the chances of getting liver cancer?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 19 studies with 1290045 participants, of which together 3912 people with liver cancer.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found a high vegetable consumption compared to a low, a significantly reduced risk of 28% [95% CI = 0.63-0.83] for liver cancer.
The researchers found for every 100 grams of vegetables per day, a significantly reduced risk of 8% [95% CI = 0.88-0.95] for liver cancer. Significant is, there is a link at a 95% reliability.
The researchers found that this reduced risk in sub-groups analyses did not change, regardless of the history of hepatitis, alcohol consumption, smoking or energy intake.
The researchers found a high fruit consumption compared to a low, a non-significant reduced risk by 7% [95% CI = 0.80-1.09] for liver cancer.
The researchers found for every 100 grams of fruit per day, a non-significant reduced risk of 1% [95% CI = 0.94-1.05] for liver cancer. Non-significant is, there is no link to a 95% reliability.
The researchers concluded that 100 grams of vegetables per day, reduced the risk of getting liver cancer.
Original title:
Increased Intake of Vegetables, but not Fruit, Reduces Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis by Yang Y, Zhang D, [...], Zhu Y.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25127680
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