Dietary supplement use among participants of a databank and biorepository at a comprehensive cancer centre.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the prevalence, patterns and predictors of dietary supplement use among participants of the databank and biorepository (DBBR) at a comprehensive cancer centre in western New York.

Design

Archived epidemiological questionnaire data were obtained from the DBBR at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression explored the prevalence, patterns and predictors of lifetime use of four common supplements (multivitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and calcium) and use of multivitamins, sixteen single vitamins/minerals and eighteen herbal/specialty supplements within the previous 10 years.

Setting

Western New York, USA.

Subjects

DBBR participants (n 8096) enrolled between December 2003 and July 2012 were included in these a

SUBMITTER: Luc L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443698 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature