Egg Consumption in Relation to Glioma: A Case-Control Study
Aminianfar A, Shayanfar M, Mohammad-Shirazi M, Sharifi G, Esmaillzadeh A
Nutrition and cancer · 7 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Case-control study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Iran National Science Foundation
- Government
- Iranian National Science Foundation
Based on 2 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2018-12-29 · Nutr Cancer · vol. 71 · issue 1 · pp. 41–49
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Cited
- 7 citations · more than 71% of similar papers · 0.4× the field average
- References
- 43 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Nutritional Studies and Diet · Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment · Cancer Risks and Factors
- Keywords
- Consumption (sociology), Glioma, Relation (database), Control (management), Biology, Computer science, Sociology, Cancer research, Artificial intelligence, Data mining
- MeSH
- humans, glioma, brain neoplasms, cholesterol, dietary, diet, case-control studies, eggs, adult, middle aged, female, male
5 authors
From IR
- Azadeh AminianfarTehran University of Medical Sciences
- Mehdi ShayanfarNational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Minoo Mohammad-ShiraziNational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Giuve SharifiNational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Ahmad Esmaillzadeh · correspondingIsfahan University of Medical Sciences; Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center; Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Background and aims
Data on the link between egg consumption and brain tumors are limited. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between egg consumption and odds of glioma in Iranian adults.
Methods
In this hospital-based case-control study, 128 newly-diagnosed cases of glioma and 256 age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled from hospitals. Patients with pathologically confirmed glioma (without any other cancers) were considered eligible. We collected data on dietary intakes, including egg consumption, using a 126-item validated FFQ. Egg consumption was computed from all foods containing this food as their ingredients. Participants were categorized into tertiles of egg consumption. Conditional logistic regression was used to examine the association between egg consumption and glioma.
Results
After adjustment for age, sex and energy intake, individuals in the middle tertile of egg consumption were 58% (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.24, 0.73) less likely to have glioma compared with those in the lowest tertile. Further adjustment for other potential confounders strengthened the association; such that participants with the greatest consumption of egg intake were 62% (0.38; 0.18, 0.76) less likely to have glioma compared with those with the lowest consumption. Additional controlling for dietary intakes did not change the association significantly (0.39; 0.18, 0.85).
Conclusion
We found an inverse association between egg consumption at the amount of almost 2 eggs/week and odds of glioma. Further studies are required to examine this association.
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