Adherence to a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern and Cancer Risk in a Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: A Mediterranean-style diet is a healthy eating pattern that may benefit cancer risk, but evidence among Americans is scarce. We examined the prospective association between adherence to such a diet pattern and total cancer risk. A Mediterranean-style dietary pattern (MSDP) score was derived from a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire at exam 5 (1991-1995). Subjects included 2966 participants of the Framingham Offspring Study who were free of prevalent cancer. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and anthropometric measures. Cox-models were also used to examine effect modification by lifestyle and anthropometric measures. During 18 years of median follow-up, 25

SUBMITTER: Yiannakou I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622098 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature