Analysis of Repeated Measurements of Serum Carotenoid Levels and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The associations of levels of diverse serum carotenoids ascertained via repeated measurements with all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk have not been considered in previous prospective studies.

Objective

To investigate the association between repeated measurement of serum carotenoid levels and all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study's baseline data were collected using information from physical examinations from 1990 to 1999. Eligible participants were followed up until December 2017, with a median (interquartile range) follow-up period of 22.3 (15.5-25.3) years. Included individuals were age 40 years or older at the baseline data collection, were residents of the study s

SUBMITTER: Fujii R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8196342 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature