Raw vegetables and pancreatic cancer.

Data about raw vegetables was provided by one cohort. A significant protective effect was found against pancreatic cancer risk.

Author

Cohort name

Subjects

Years of follow-up

Cases

End point

Consumption of

Relative Risk (RR)

Adjustments

10) Inoue M (2003)

No cohort name defined

77,803 first-visit outpatients from the Hospital-based Epidemiologic Research Program at Aichi Cancer Center, Japan (HERPACC).
(Nested case-control)

1988-1999 to 2000

200?
(122 males and 78 females)

Pancreatic cancer incidence

Raw vegetable (not defined)


Total	Male	Female
OR = 0.71 (0.51-0.99) for consumption every day vs less.	OR = 0.65 (0.42-1.01) for consumption every day vs less.	OR = 0.78 (0.46-1.31) for consumption every day vs less.

Age, gender, family history of pancreatic cancer, past/present history of diabetes, regular physical exercise, bowel habits, and alcohol drinking.

Cancer & Diet. A systematic review.