Dietary carbohydrate intake, glycaemic load, glycaemic index and ovarian cancer risk in African-American women.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological evidence regarding the association between carbohydrate intake, glycaemic load (GL) and glycaemic index (GI) and risk of ovarian cancer has been mixed. Little is known about their impact on ovarian cancer risk in African-American women. Associations between carbohydrate quantity and quality and ovarian cancer risk were investigated among 406 cases and 609 controls using data from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). AACES is an ongoing population-based case-control study of ovarian cancer in African-Americans in the USA. Cases were identified through rapid case ascertainment and age- and site-matched controls were identified by random-digit dialling. Dietary information over the year preceding diagnosis or the reference date was obtained using a FFQ. Mult

SUBMITTER: Qin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844174 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature