Temporal trends in food group availability and cancer incidence in Africa: an ecological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated the relationship between food availability, as the only dietary exposure data available across Africa, and age-standardised cancer incidence rates (ASR) in eighteen countries.

Design

Ecological study.

Setting

Availability of food groups and dietary energy was considered for five hypothetical time points: years of collection of ASR (T0) and 5, 10, 15 and 20 preceding years (T-5, T-10, T-15, T-20). Ecological correlations adjusted for human development index, smoking and obesity rates were calculated to evaluate the relationship between food availability and ASR of breast, prostate, colorectal, oesophageal, pancreatic, stomach and thyroid cancer.

Results

Red meat was positively correlated with pancreatic cancer in men (T-20: r-20 = 0·61, P

SUBMITTER: Aglago EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature