Salads and pancreatic cancer.
Data about salads was provided by 2 cohorts with few cases. No significant associations were found with pancreatic cancer mortality.
Data about salads was provided by 2 cohorts with few cases. No significant associations were found with pancreatic cancer mortality.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 8) Appleby PN. (2002) | The Health Food Shoppers Study. | 10,741 subjects, aged 16-89 (4,325 men, 6,416 women. 8,675 non-smokers). (UK) | 1973-79 to 1997 | 39 (17 men, and 22 women. 31 non-smokers)? | Pancreatic cancer mortality | Raw vegetable salads (not defined) | RR = 0.82 (0.40-1.71; No P-value) for daily consumption vs less frequent consumption. | Age at recruitment, sex, smoking, and each other food (fresh fruit, wholemeal bread, nuts/dried fruit, raw vegetable salads, and bran cereals). |
| 1) Mills PK (1988) | The Adventist Health Study | 34,198 non-Hispanic white California Seventh-day Adventists aged ≥ 25. | 1976-82 | 40? | Pancreas cancer death | Green salad | A nonsignificantly increased risk (no data shown). | Age and sex. |