Associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and HCC occurrence in patients with cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Prospective studies are needed to increase knowledge of fruit and vegetable consumption effects on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk. This study aimed to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and incident HCC in French patients with cirrhosis.

Methods

This study used data from a French prospective observational cohort nested in two national prospective cohorts of patients with histologically proven compensated alcohol-related or viral cirrhosis. Fruit and vegetable consumption was assessed by a trained dietitian using a semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire validated in French and analyzed as binary exposure according to predefined thresholds (≥240 g/day for fruit or vegetables and ≥400 g/day for fruit and vegetables

SUBMITTER: Manneville F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008579 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature