Nutritional factors and non-Hodgkin lymphoma survival in an ethnically diverse population: the Multiethnic Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To understand the possible effect of modifiable health behaviors on the prognosis of the increasing number of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) survivors, we examined the pre-diagnostic intake of major food groups with all-cause and NHL-specific survival in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC).

Subjects/methods

This analysis included 2339 participants free of NHL at cohort entry and diagnosed with NHL as identified by cancer registries during follow-up. Deaths were ascertained through routine linkages to state and national death registries. Cox proportional hazards regression was applied to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for overall and NHL-specific mortality according to pre-diagnostic intake of vegetables, fruits, red meat, processed

SUBMITTER: Leo QJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4562319 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature