Lung cancer risk: Data about lung cancer risk was provided by one cohort. No association was found.
Lung cancer mortality: No data was found.
Conclusion: No evidence was found for an association between rhubarb and lung cancer.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 11) Voorrips LE (2000) | The Netherlands Cohort Study | 62,573 women and 58,279 men aged 55-69. | 6.3 (1986-1992) | 910? | lung cancer risk | rhubarb | RR = 0.8 (0.5-1.2; No P value) per 25 g/day increment. | age, sex, current smoker, years of smoking cigarettes, habitual number of cigarettes per day, highest educational level, family history of lung cancer and the other vegetables of the cooked vegetable group. |