Dietary mineral intake and lung cancer risk: the Rotterdam Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Limited data are available on the role of mineral intake in the development of lung cancer (LC). We investigated whether dietary calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, selenium and zinc intake were associated with LC risk.

Methods

We analyzed data from 5435 participants of the Rotterdam Study, a prospective population-based cohort study among subjects aged 55 years and older. At baseline (1990-1993), diet was measured by a validated food frequency questionnaire. LC events were diagnosed on the basis of pathology data and medical records. Hazard ratios (HRs) on LC for energy-adjusted mineral intake were calculated using Cox regression models while adjusting for potential confounders.

Results

During a follow-up period of 22 years, we identified 211 incident cases o

SUBMITTER: Muka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5486639 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature