Intake of fruits and vegetables by pesticide residue status in relation to cancer risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conventionally grown fruits and vegetables (FVs) are the main source of general population exposure to pesticide residues.

Objective

To evaluate the relation of intake of high- and low-pesticide-residue FVs with cancer risk.

Methods

We followed 150,830 women (Nurses' Health Study, 1998-2016, and Nurses' Health Study II, 1999-2017) and 29,486 men (Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1998-2016) without a history of cancer. We ascertained FV intake via validated food frequency questionnaires and categorized FVs as having high or low pesticide residue levels based on USDA surveillance data. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of total and site-specific cancer related to quintiles of high- an

SUBMITTER: Sandoval-Insausti H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679006 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature