TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritional Risk Factors and Ovarian Cancer
AU - Engle, Althea
AU - Muscat, Joshua E.
AU - Harris, Randall E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank all participating individuals and hospitals: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY), New York University Medical Center (New York, NY), Long Island Jewish Medical Center (New Hyde Park, NY), Nassau County Medical Center (East Meadow, NY), Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia, PA), University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Philadelphia, PA), Loyola University Medical Center (Chicago, IL), and Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, MI). In addition, we thank M. Moore for review of hospital records, P.H. Chung for programming assistance, Dr. Edith Zang for helpful comments, and L. Marmelstein and R. Raye for preparation of the manuscript. Work on this project was supported by Program Project Grant No. CA-32617 and Center Grant No. CA-17613 from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Address reprint requests to A. Engle, Div. of Nutritional Carcinogenesis, American Health Foundation, 320E. 43rd St., New York, NY 10017.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - In a hospital-based case-control study, consumption of lactose-containing (dairy) foods and foods containing β-carotene by 71 women with epithelial cancer of the ovary and 141 matched controls was investigated. No significant differences were found between cases and controls in the frequency of consumption of dairy foods or in the amount of lactose consumed. Consumption of carrots was found to decrease risk. Logistic regression analyses indicated a protective effect of high β-carotene intake (odds ratio = 0.3, 95% confidence interval = 0.1-0.8), after adjusting for body mass, smoking, and lactose consumption.
AB - In a hospital-based case-control study, consumption of lactose-containing (dairy) foods and foods containing β-carotene by 71 women with epithelial cancer of the ovary and 141 matched controls was investigated. No significant differences were found between cases and controls in the frequency of consumption of dairy foods or in the amount of lactose consumed. Consumption of carrots was found to decrease risk. Logistic regression analyses indicated a protective effect of high β-carotene intake (odds ratio = 0.3, 95% confidence interval = 0.1-0.8), after adjusting for body mass, smoking, and lactose consumption.
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U2 - 10.1080/01635589109514132
DO - 10.1080/01635589109514132
M3 - Article
C2 - 1866317
AN - SCOPUS:0025767331
SN - 0163-5581
VL - 15
SP - 239
EP - 247
JO - Nutrition and cancer
JF - Nutrition and cancer
IS - 3-4
ER -
