Data about vegetable juice (combined with fruit juice) was provided by 2 cohorts. No associations were found between combined fruit & vegetables juices and colon cancer risk (8), or between vegetable juice and colorectal cancer risk (25).
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| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments | ||||||
| 25) Tsubono Y. (2005) | The JPHC Study. | A pooled analysis of 2 prospective studies with 88,658 Japanese men and women. Cohort I included 40,106 subjects 40-59 years (19,345 men and 20,761 women). Cohort II included 48,552 subjects 40-69 years (23,180 men and 25,372 women). | Cohort I: 9 (1990-99). Cohort II: 6 (1993-99) | 705? (456 colon [300 men, 156 women], 249 rectum [154 men, 95 women]) | Colorectal cancer risk | Vegetable juice (not defined) | No significant relations with risk of colon or rectal cancer (no data shown). | sex, age, public health centre area, BMI, frequency of sports, smoking, alcohol consumption, vitamin supplement use, energy, cereals, meat, and fish by each cohort. | ||||||
| 8) Steinmetz KA. (1994) | The Iowa Women's Health Study. | 35,216 women aged 55-69. (USA) | 5 (1986-1990) | 212? (86 proximal, and 120 distal) | Colon cancer risk | Fruit and vegetable juices (Apple juice/cider, apricot juice, carrot juice, celery, juice, grapefruit juice, mango juice, orange juice, other fruit juice, pineapple juice, prune juice, tomato juice, v-8 juice) |
Age, energy. The effect of adjustment of the vegetable and fruit associations for the following factors was negligible: BMI, parity, age at first live birth, physical activity, smoking, education, history of polyps or colitis, and alcohol intake. |
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