Index-based dietary patterns and risk of head and neck cancer in a large prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Although diet has been proposed to play an important role in HNC, few associations with diet have been convincing other than alcohol intake. Studies of dietary patterns that examine overall diets may provide broader insight than studies of individual foods. Little is known about the association between dietary patterns and risk of HNC.

Objective

We prospectively evaluated the association between 2 index-based dietary patterns [ie, the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005) and alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (aMED)] and risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Design

We included 494,967 participants from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health study (1995-2006). HRs (95% CIs) were estimated

SUBMITTER: Li WQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927689 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature