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Dietary factors and risk of pancreatic cancer: Results of a Canadian population‐based case‐control study
Author(s) -
Howe G. R.,
Jain M.,
Miller A. B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910450405
Subject(s) - quartile , medicine , confidence interval , relative risk , case control study , population , pancreatic cancer , food intake , zoology , caloric intake , risk factor , cancer , environmental health , biology , body weight
Dietary information from a case‐control study of pancreatic cancer conducted in Metropolitan Toronto between 1983 and 1986 is reported. A total of 249 cases and 505 populationbased controls completed quantitative diet histories from which total caloric intake and the intake of a number of nutrients were estimated. A positive association with total caloric intake was observed with a relative risk of 2.39, 95% confidence interval 1.18–4.83 (highest versus lowest quartile), due primarily to the intake of carbohydrates. Inverse associations were seen with fibre from fruit, vegetable and cereal sources, with a relative of risk of 0.42, 0.22–0.78 (highest versus lowest quartile), for total fibre intake.