The role of rare earth elements and dietary intake in tongue cancer: a mediation analysis in southeast China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current research aimed to examine how dietary intake and rare earth elements may affect the development of tongue cancer.

Methods

The serum levels of 10 rare earth elements (REEs) in 171 cases and 171 healthy matched controls were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The conditional logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between dietary intake, serum levels of 10 REEs, and tongue cancer. Mediation effect and multiplicative interaction analysis were then performed to estimate the potential contribution of REEs in dietary intake associated with tongue cancer.

Results

Compared with the control group, patients with tongue cancer consumed significantly less fish, seafood, fruit, green leafy vegetables, and non-g

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10169683 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature