Fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants in childhood and risk of adult cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort.

ABSTRACT: STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between food and nutrient intake, measured in childhood, and adult cancer in a cohort with over 60 years follow up. DESIGN AND SETTING:The study is based on the Boyd Orr cohort. Intake of fruit and vegetables, energy, vitamins C and E, carotene, and retinol was assessed from seven day household food inventories carried out during a study of family diet and health in 16 rural and urban areas of England and Scotland in 1937-39. PARTICIPANTS:4999 men and women, from largely working class backgrounds, who had been children in the households participating in the pre-war survey. Analyses are based on 3878 traced subjects with full data on diet and social circumstances. MAIN RESULTS:Over the follow up period there were 483 incident malignant neoplasms. Incr

SUBMITTER: Maynard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1732406 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature