Cruciferous vegetables consumption and the risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies
Han B, Li X, Yu T
Diagnostic pathology · 37 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Meta-analysis (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
- Intake measured by
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
Based on full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2014-01-20 · Diagn Pathol · vol. 9 · issue 1 · p. 7
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 62 citations · more than 47% of similar papers · 0.4× the field average
- References
- 28 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress · Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment · Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
- Keywords
- Cruciferous vegetables, Meta-analysis, Medicine, Cohort study, Ovarian cancer, Observational study, Internal medicine, Publication bias, Oncology, Incidence (geometry), Cancer, Relative risk, Gynecology, Environmental health, Confidence interval
- MeSH
- humans, vegetables, ovarian neoplasms, diet, incidence, risk factors, female
3 authors
From CN
- Bo Han · correspondingZaozhuang Municipal Hospital
- Xuepeng LiZaozhuang Municipal Hospital
- Tao YuZaozhuang Municipal Hospital
Abstract
Background
To quantify the effect of cruciferous vegetable consumption on the incidence of ovarian cancer by meta-analyzing the existing observational studies and provides quantitative and high-level evidence.
Methods
A detailed literature search of Medline and EMBASE for all relevant papers published. A meta-analysis was conducted for the association between cruciferous vegetable consumption and risk of ovarian cancer.
Results
A total of 4,306 cases in 375,562 controls in 11 independent studies were identified in this current meta-analysis. The result of this current meta-analysis, including 6 case-control and 5 cohort studies, indicated that cruciferous vegetable intake was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. Cruciferous vegetable consumption was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer in case-control studies (RR=0.84; 95% CI, 0.75-0.94) but not in cohort studies (RR=1.00; 95% CI, 0.85-1.11).
Conclusions
The results from this meta-analysis of observational studies demonstrate that cruciferous vegetable consumption is a prospective factor of the ovarian cancer. However, more in-depth studies are warranted to report more detailed results, including other specific vegetables within the cruciferous vegetable family.
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